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Re: Block cursor in a tty
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David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: Block cursor in a tty |
Date: |
Fri, 23 Dec 2005 01:15:54 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
> Several people have complained on gnu.emacs.help that Emacs uses an ugly big
> block cursor in their terminal emulator even after they've configured their
> terminal emulator to use a more subdued cursor.
>
> It turns out that the reason for it is that Emacs uses the termcap "vs"
> command to make the cursor visible rather than "ve". My manpages describe
> the two commands as follows:
>
> cursor_normal cnorm ve make cursor appear
> normal (undo
> civis/cvvis)
> [...]
> cursor_visible cvvis vs make cursor very
> visible
>
> Does anybody know why Emacs insists on using the big-block-cursor rather
> than using whatever the user has selected as default?
A possible rationale would be that commands like C-x o jump to a
possibly surprising position on the screen, and you would not want to
look too long for locating it.
Personally, I think we should tend to default to the normal cursor,
and maybe provide the visible cursor as an option for people who
really want it.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Block cursor in a tty, Stefan Monnier, 2005/12/22
- Re: Block cursor in a tty,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Block cursor in a tty, Richard M. Stallman, 2005/12/23
- Re: Block cursor in a tty, Giorgos Keramidas, 2005/12/23
- Re: Block cursor in a tty, Juri Linkov, 2005/12/23
- Re: Block cursor in a tty, Richard M. Stallman, 2005/12/23
- Re: Block cursor in a tty, Giorgos Keramidas, 2005/12/23
- Re: Block cursor in a tty, Richard M. Stallman, 2005/12/24
- Re: Block cursor in a tty, Giorgos Keramidas, 2005/12/25
- Re: Block cursor in a tty, Richard M. Stallman, 2005/12/25
- Re: Block cursor in a tty, Stefan Monnier, 2005/12/26
- Re: Block cursor in a tty, Richard M. Stallman, 2005/12/26