RFC: Disabling blinking cursor by default

[Mat Booth]

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 at freenet.de> wrote:
> 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.
>

Hey, the guy's name is "Wheeler". If anyone ought to know why they're
round, it's him. ;-)


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