From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:45:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:45:25 -0400 Received: from zikova.cvut.cz ([147.32.235.100]:8210 "EHLO zikova.cvut.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:45:20 -0400 From: "Petr Vandrovec" Organization: CC CTU Prague To: Daniel Phillips Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 21:43:31 MET-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: [patch] nonblinking VGA block cursor CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.40 Message-ID: <5E9F5DB4FCA@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 15 Jun 01 at 21:34, Daniel Phillips wrote: > On Friday 15 June 2001 21:21, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > > Non-blinking cursors are just wrong. You need to patch your brain. > > You really fucked up, because now apps can't restore your cursor > > to proper behavior as defined by IBM. > > Just one question Albert: why doesn't my mouse cursor blink? ;-) Because of you can move mouse cursor - moving mouse usually does not have serious side effect. Normal cursor cannot be moved without sideeffects, so you cannot find it so easy. If you want, just plug matrox into your laptop and use matroxfb. It restarts cursor blinking cycle on each character printed to screen, so while you are typing, you still see cursor, but if you stop typing, cursor starts blinking... Just my 0.02Kc. Best regards, Petr Vandrovec vandrove@vc.cvut.cz [matroxfb has also noblink option because HPA wanted it. But it is another story]