Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!emory!gatech!uflorida!bikini!bb From: bb@comet.cis.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Cursor Blink Rate Message-ID: Date: 4 Feb 91 05:28:20 GMT References: <1991Jan28.190833.8619@macc.wisc.edu> <1248@toaster.SFSU.EDU> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Organization: /cis/lightning0/bb/.organization Lines: 28 In-reply-to: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU's message of 29 Jan 91 06:37:44 GMT In article <1991Jan28.190833.8619@macc.wisc.edu> anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) writes: > One thing that continues to plague me (although obviously not yet to > death :-) is the glacial rate at which the text more cursor blinks. > I'd like it to be at least twice as fast, if that's possible. In article <1248@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes: > Run your favorite application with -NXShowPS and you'll understand. > Then think about what happens with -NXHost. > Blinking cursors are not DPS's forte. Hey, it beats the heck outta X. Would you rather ship bitmaps around all over the place? -- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Bartholomew UUCP: ...gatech!uflorida!mathlab.math.ufl.edu!bb University of Florida Internet: bb@math.ufl.edu