RFC: Disabling blinking cursor by default

[Ralf Corsepius]

Brian Wheeler wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 01:27 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>> seth vidal wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 15:53 -0500, Dimi Paun wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 15:09 -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote:
>>>>> I fail to see how a solid cursor is that much harder to find than
>>>>> a blinking one. Unless you're only entering solid boxes as text?
>>>> There's a reason it's been like this in like ... forever.
>>>> Doesn't it strike you as strange to change one of the
>>>> longest established conventions on a whim?!?
>>> Tradition is not an argument in fedora.
>> Sometimes traditions have good reasons - There are reasons why wheels 
>> are shaped round and not rectangular.
> 
> Just as a nitpick, wheels are round for a technical reason, not because
> of tradition.

A matter of perspective. Some will say cursors are blinking for 
technical reasons.

E.g.
* When using real terminals (or remote logins or runlevel 3), they often 
are the only indication of a system being alive or not.
* Certain applications apply multiple cursors. The active one often is 
blinking to highlight it.

Conversely: Most kids, at some point in their lifes will proudly present 
their parents the vehicle with triangular or rectangular wheels they 
assembled from LEGO kits or similar.

Ralf