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Re: change cursor type when idle
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
Re: change cursor type when idle |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:27:38 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I like your proposed feature, but I have one doubt. Usually I use the
> bar cursor, and sometimes it is hard to locate it in dense text areas.
> Changing its type to a box cursor (and/or its color) would help,
> but any delay before changing it (e.g. 2 sec) seems arbitrary.
> I need to make the cursor more visible not after some delay, but
> only when I need to locate it.
>
> Ah, I see... The version that lights up and screams "Here!" *ONLY* when you
> in fact need to locate it is an expensive option ;-). Mind-reading is never
> cheap, if it's accurate.
What about adding a new function `read-mind'? (after the release) ;-)
> Seriously, yes, 2 sec is arbitrary, and you can choose another period that
> you might prefer. For me, 1 sec is usually too short, and 3 is usually too
> long.
Most often a long idle period means that I started reading displayed text,
and don't need to see the cursor. I use `avoid.el' to move the mouse
pointer away from text, and like to do the same for the cursor.
So I rather like to hide the cursor after an idle period than to make it
more visible. I see no other way to tell Emacs to show the cursor when need
than to press some keys.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
- change cursor type when idle, Drew Adams, 2006/08/28
- Re: change cursor type when idle, Kim F. Storm, 2006/08/28
- RE: change cursor type when idle, Drew Adams, 2006/08/28
- Re: change cursor type when idle, Lennart Borgman, 2006/08/28
- RE: change cursor type when idle, Drew Adams, 2006/08/28
- Re: change cursor type when idle, Lennart Borgman, 2006/08/28
- RE: change cursor type when idle, Drew Adams, 2006/08/28
- Re: change cursor type when idle, Juri Linkov, 2006/08/28
- RE: change cursor type when idle, Drew Adams, 2006/08/28
- Re: change cursor type when idle,
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- RE: change cursor type when idle, Drew Adams, 2006/08/29
- Re: change cursor type when idle, Mathias Dahl, 2006/08/29
- RE: change cursor type when idle, Drew Adams, 2006/08/29
- Re: change cursor type when idle, Kevin Rodgers, 2006/08/29
- Re: change cursor type when idle, David Hansen, 2006/08/28
- Re: change cursor type when idle, Kim F. Storm, 2006/08/28
Re: change cursor type when idle, Kim F. Storm, 2006/08/28