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 16:22:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:22:19 -0400 Received: from devco.net ([196.15.188.2]:42882 "EHLO rinoa") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:22:15 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 22:22:14 +0200 From: Leon Breedt To: "Albert D. Cahalan" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] nonblinking VGA block cursor Message-ID: <20010615222214.A3772@rinoa.prv.dev.itouchnet.net> In-Reply-To: <20010615162249.A1328@rinoa.rinoa> <200106151921.f5FJLsc03635@saturn.cs.uml.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200106151921.f5FJLsc03635@saturn.cs.uml.edu>; from acahalan@cs.uml.edu on Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:21:54PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:21:54PM -0400, 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. I don't want them to, because I prefer non-blinking. It feels more solid, kind of like driving a tank instead of a little dune buggy ;) > The blinking cursor is implemented in your video hardware. > IBM knew what was right for you. Uh, said hardware lets you disable the blinking. Maybe in a slightly non-standard way, who cares? > Of course FreeBSD has a block cursor. It was easy to program, > and it seems nice to the pot-smoking hippies out in Berkeley. > FreeBSD doesn't define standards. FreeBSD breaks standards. > (zombie creation, "ps -ef", partition tables, pty allocation...) It's all about choice, man. I want the choice to have certain behaviour if I wish. -- lj breedt coder