From 98104aea4155a3bf1ec88f46101de76fc6f56ca1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tassilo Horn Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:51:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document `blink-cursor-blinks'. * doc/emacs/display.texi (Cursor Display): Document `blink-cursor-blinks'. --- doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 5 ++++- doc/emacs/display.texi | 6 +++++- etc/NEWS | 1 + 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 4b2beb17d45..5fd0fa5abe7 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ 2013-12-20 Tassilo Horn + * display.texi (Cursor Display): Document `blink-cursor-blinks'. + * buffers.texi: Update list-buffers "screeshop" to show Messages as major-mode. * entering.texi: Document `initial-buffer-choice' changes. - * misc.texi (arguments): Document `initial-buffer-choice' changes. + * misc.texi (emacsclient Options): Document + `initial-buffer-choice' changes. * help.texi: Document that `?' now also shows subcommands of prefix keys. diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi index 80dffe2e4c9..9eace49d91f 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/display.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi @@ -1473,8 +1473,12 @@ pixels tall), or @code{nil} (no cursor at all). @findex blink-cursor-mode @cindex cursor, blinking @cindex blinking cursor +@vindex blink-cursor-mode +@vindex blink-cursor-blinks @vindex blink-cursor-alist - To disable cursor blinking, change the variable + By default, the cursor stops blinking after 10 blinks. This can be +changed by customizing the variable @code{blink-cursor-blinks}. To +disable cursor blinking altogether, change the variable @code{blink-cursor-mode} to @code{nil} (@pxref{Easy Customization}), or add the line @code{(blink-cursor-mode 0)} to your init file. Alternatively, you can change how the cursor looks when it ``blinks diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 53fb6e67f8f..232a2753af6 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ selected among several alternatives, as a matter of user preference. ** New hooks `focus-in-hook', `focus-out-hook'. These are normal hooks run when an Emacs frame gains or loses input focus. ++++ ** The blink cursor stops blinking after 10 blinks (default) on X and NS. You can change the default by customizing the variable blink-cursor-blinks. Also timers for blinking are stopped when no blinking is done, so Emacs does -- 2.39.2