Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 03:54:48 -0800 From: loader <loader@www.kuaitech.com> To: Gautam Gopalakrishnan <gautam@inspired.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to stop the cursor of emacs blinking in console? Message-ID: <20040220115448.GA66739@www.kuaitech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040220220353.585167fb.gautam@inspired.net.au> References: <20040218065331.GA19752@www.kuaitech.com> <44eksstrgw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20040219024439.GA24375@www.kuaitech.com> <20040220220353.585167fb.gautam@inspired.net.au>
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On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 10:03:53PM +1100, Gautam Gopalakrishnan wrote:
> 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
>
Sorry, it doesn't work, but thank you all the same.
-Loader
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