Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 22:03:53 +1100 From: Gautam Gopalakrishnan <gautam@inspired.net.au> To: loader <loader@www.kuaitech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to stop the cursor of emacs blinking in console? Message-ID: <20040220220353.585167fb.gautam@inspired.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20040219024439.GA24375@www.kuaitech.com> References: <20040218065331.GA19752@www.kuaitech.com> <44eksstrgw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20040219024439.GA24375@www.kuaitech.com>
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On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:44:39 -0800
loader <loader@www.kuaitech.com> wrote:
> 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.
I don't know if this will help.
/etc/rc.conf:
cursor="blink" # cursor type {normal|blink|destructive} (or NO).
Then
/etc/rc.d/syscons restart
Gautam
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