On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Dan Strychalski wrote: > There is a way to configure LyX to scroll only one line, but it has some > quirks: > > 1. The line the cursor is on is first jerked to mid-screen, except when > at the top or bottom of the file. (The jerking to mid-screen is > actually a great aid in finding LyX's easy-to-lose text cursor.)
Precisely! When editing long documents, keeping track of cursor is non-trivial and I depend on lyX ^L (emacs key-bindings) to find it. A nice black blob (or green or any color that contrasts with both background and letters) would be much easier on the eyes (and nerves). (I can always find the emacs cursor. On the rare occasion, I edit raw files with emacs for just that reason. --This clearly courts more intense forms of pain than searching for a buried cursor.) I don't find a preferences option to change cursor behavior and at the moment, In 1.2.3, lyxcursor.C (and lyxcursor.h) don't obviously control cursor shape, color and mode (blink, constant) -- but my language of choice is not C++ so I may be missing it. A configurable cursor would be ideal. More complete documentation of the lyxcursor files (as already noted in existing comments) would be helpful. Help about code to change to get the desired cursor would be welcome. Thank you. -- Mark Hansel PO Box 41 Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN 56563 Ph: 218-236-2039 fax: 218-236-2593 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwwcj.mnstate.edu
