Jason Rumney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Luc Teirlinck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> This is unbelievable. We are talking about adding an option to a >> menu, not about changing a default. > > If we added everyone's pet option to the Options menu, we'd end up > with hundreds of options that would just be confusing to users. > > I don't see any need to do anything here. New users will be used to > blinking cursors from the other apps they use,
There is no other application I know that has a blinking block cursor. xterm has a static block cursor, and practically all other editing applications have a blinking vertical line. > only a few experienced Emacs users who use nothing else will be > offended by the blinking, and they can easily figure out how to > disable it. I think it belongs in the same category as scrollbars and such and should sit in one menu with them. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
