On 1/3/26 12:23 PM, Paul Rubin wrote:
On 1/2/26 21:19, Tom Goldring wrote:
Is there any way to turn it off in MacOS 15.7.3 or any other version?
I find it intolerable. I tried the "Prefer non-blinking cursor" in my
System Settings, but it doesn't work in LyX.
This is a Qt setting. The following works on Linux Mint and may be
doable on MacOS.
1. Install the Qt 5 configuration tool (qt5ct on Linux).
2. Run the tool. If you get a warning about QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME not
being set, you have to add the line QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct to
an appropriate configuration file and reboot. In my case, I was
able to add it to ~/.config/qt5ct/qt5ct.conf. Other Linux users
report putting it in /etc/environment or other places. You'll have
to do a little research to find the appropriate file on a Mac.
3. Once the configuration tool is running without warnings, go to the
Interface tab and change "Cursor flash time" to 0ms. Click Apply
and then start LyX and confirm that the cursor is rock solid.
Note that this will affect all apps on your system using Qt5, not just
LyX.
I am not sure if we use Qt5 or Qt6 with the OSX packages, but qt6ct also
exists.
Looking at the source code, we do seem to get the cursor flash time from
Qt, so I'd expect us to respect this setting wherever it comes from. If
it's <=0, we do not start the blinking.
Riki
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