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From: | Joe Wells |
Subject: | Re: Emacs 21.2 display bugs: variables: cursor-type; properties: display, before-string, after-string, invisible, intangible |
Date: | 21 May 2002 20:49:00 +0100 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 |
Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes: > I don't understand this, because when the cursor blinks off for > me, it disappears completely. > > We have probably changed this since 21.2. > > It seems to me that the shape and color of the cursor should be > selectable for each situation. So you could make the cursor > "blink" by changing color or thickness instead of disappearing. > > Sure, we could do that, but that is clunky--it means lots and lots > more variables to customize, and I doubt it is worth the trouble > to add them all. I would rather try the simpler change I proposed. Regardless, I believe that setting the cursor shape to "bar" in a buffer should affect all of the versions of the cursor: the "blinked on", "blinked off", and "not selected window" versions. -- Joe
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