Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:44:39 -0800 From: loader <loader@www.kuaitech.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to stop the cursor of emacs blinking in console? Message-ID: <20040219024439.GA24375@www.kuaitech.com> In-Reply-To: <44eksstrgw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20040218065331.GA19752@www.kuaitech.com> <44eksstrgw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 09:03:27AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> loader <loader@www.kuaitech.com> writes:
>
> > I use FreeBSD5.2.1-RC2, and emacs21. How can I stop the cursor blinking in console?
>
> I thought the default was that it didn't do that on the console...
>
> Check out the blink-* variables;
> I think that a .emacs setting of
> (blink-cursor-mode nil)
> should ensure the disabling of the blinking cursor.
Thank you for your reply. blink-cursor-mode doesn't work in FreeBSD console,
it only work in X, because emacs draws the cursor in X itself. I don't know
why it blinks in console.
-Loader
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