Re: change cursor type when idle

[Dan Nicolaescu]

"Juanma Barranquero" <address@hidden> writes:

  > On Feb 12, 2008 3:30 PM, Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> wrote:
  > 
  > >  - What's the point of changing the cursor when emacs is idle?
  > 
  > Make it more discreet, for example.

In what way does the user benefit from that?

  > >  - What's the point in changing the cursor in a read-only buffer?
  > 
  > >From `cua-read-only-cursor-color':
  > *Cursor color used in read-only buffers, if non-nil.
  > Only used when `cua-enable-cursor-indications' is non-nil.

Wonder if anyone knows about this one...