RE: change cursor type when idle

[Drew Adams]

> From: Richard Stallman Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:10 PM
>     Another possible (minor) feature to consider for after the
>     release: As an option, let users switch cursor type
>     automatically when Emacs is idle.
>
> I will add it to TODO.

What is the status of this? `cursor-chg.el' is a library that does this. It
defines command `toggle-cursor-type-when-idle', which toggles this behavior.

It also defines a minor mode, `change-cursor-mode', which optionally does
either of the following:

. changes the cursor shape on overwrite or when a buffer is read-only

. changes the cursor color when you use an input method

How about adding this library (modulo integration changes, such as removing
Emacs-20 compatibility code)?

Description: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/ChangingCursorDynamically

Code: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs/cursor-chg.el