[26522] in Athena Bugs
linux 9.4.15: emacs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Carr)
Wed Aug 24 16:36:55 2005
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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:31:00 -0400
From: John Carr <jfc@mit.edu>
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System name: psi-phi.mit.edu
Type and version: i686 9.4.15 (with mkserv)
Display type: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
Display type: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
Window manager: gwm
What were you trying to do?
Use emacs.
What's wrong:
The cursor blinks at me even when I tell it to stop.
All that follow relates to text mode; I have to use
emacs -nw due to another cursor display bug. It may
also be relevant that I use xterm.
When the keyboard focus is in the window and a solid cursor
is displayed the cursor blinks. When the focus is not in
the window and the cursor changes to outline and stops
blinking. M-x cursor-blink-mode and the elisp equivalent
have no effect on this behavior. When I quit emacs and
go back to the tcsh prompt the cursor stops blinking.
It does not seem to matter whether the focus is in the xterm
at the time I disable blink mode. When I move the mouse back
in the cursor becomes solid and blinks.
What should have happened:
No blinking lights.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
blink-cursor-mode is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `frame'.
(blink-cursor-mode ARG)
Toggle blinking cursor mode.
With a numeric argument, turn blinking cursor mode on iff ARG is positive.
When blinking cursor mode is enabled, the cursor of the selected
window blinks.
