On a Mac, the busy cursor seems to stay when the editor is started. Often, you can select the 'File' menu and the editor isn't actually busy. It will remain with the busy cursor until you do something. It would seem the cursor should change to a normal cursor as soon as the editor is ready.
Alex Milowski FAX: (707) 598-7649 alex at milowski.com "The excellence of grammar as a guide is proportional to the paucity of the inflexions, i.e. to the degree of analysis effected by the language considered." Bertrand Russell in a footnote of Principles of Mathematics

