Re: change cursor type

[Lowell Gilbert]

patrol <patrol_boat@hotmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
> I want to change the cursor from box to bar style. Apparently, the
> variable cursor-type is not a "user-option" variable and so doesn't
> respond to M-x set-variable. I'm not clear on this distinction between
> user-option and "non-user-option" variables, and the manual doesn't
> seem to say anything about it (I could be mistaken but I didn't find
> anything). Can anyone tell me how to change the value of cursor-type
> to "bar"? I'd like the change to be global.
> Thanks so much.

Add to .emacs:
(setq-default cursor-type 'bar)