Re: Putting blink-cursor-mode in Options menu.

[Kim F. Storm]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     A google search on "emacs turn off blinking cursor (without the quotes)
>     gives around 10000 hits.  That is 10 times more than a similar search
>     with "blinking cursor" replaced by "fringe", but only a fifth than the
>     search for "tool bar" or "menu bar".
>
> That is persuasive evidence; I am convinced.  Since this does not
> fit in the Show/Hide menu, let's add it at top level.


That is FALSE evidence!!!

The search:

  emacs turn off "blinking cursor" -info -xemacs

gives just 163 hits on google.

In comparison

  emacs turn off fringe -info -xemacs

gives 543 hits.


> Since this does not fit in the Show/Hide menu, let's add it at top level.

Please don't do that.  The Optoins menu is already too long.

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk