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Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor
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Loyd Fueston |
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Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor |
Date: |
Tue, 08 Mar 2005 09:07:46 -0500 |
Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org> writes:
> * have you tried using emacs w/ the blinking box cursor?
yes
> * do you find it uncomfortable?
> (if "no", you can skip the next question.)
distracting and potentially uncomfortable
> * do you think it is an imposition to put:
> (blink-cursor-mode 0)
> in ~/.emacs to turn it off?
No. That's what I do. Been using emacs for 5 years and got most of
those basic issues settled in first year or so.
> * do you use another shape cursor (such as vertical bar)?
no, just the box and hollowed-box in window not in focus
> * is cursor blinking a feature you would be inclined to
> change during an editing session? if so, how often?
no. I just leave it off.
I find customization to be a little confusing because of all the
options, except when I already know the name of a specific group. Has
anyone ever thought about providing a documented template dot-emacs
suitable for inexperienced users, maybe putting up a message on the
initial splash-screen? Once someone sees a few customizations that
actually affect his sessions, and learns a little bit about emacs
docs, it isn't that hard to deal with those customizations. It's just
those initial changes that are confusing.
I would be willing to help produce and document such a dot-emacs after
April. (Besides basic text-editing, I use auctex, gnus, and org-mode
extensively -- but not always in a sophisticated manner. slime and
other CL packages sometimes.)
- Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor, (continued)
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- Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor, Daniel Wright, 2005/03/09
- Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor, Slawomir Nowaczyk, 2005/03/09
- Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor, Joe Fineman, 2005/03/09
- Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor, Peter Lee, 2005/03/09
- Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor, Miles Bader, 2005/03/10
- INFORMAL SUMMARY OF INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor, Alan Mackenzie, 2005/03/13
- Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor,
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