On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 08:51 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
Brian Wheeler wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 01:27 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>> seth vidal wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 15:53 -0500, Dimi Paun wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 15:09 -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote:
>>>>> I fail to see how a solid cursor is that much harder to find than
>>>>> a blinking one. Unless you're only entering solid boxes as
text?
>>>> There's a reason it's been like this in like ... forever.
>>>> Doesn't it strike you as strange to change one of the
>>>> longest established conventions on a whim?!?
>>> Tradition is not an argument in fedora.
>> Sometimes traditions have good reasons - There are reasons why wheels
>> are shaped round and not rectangular.
>
> Just as a nitpick, wheels are round for a technical reason, not because
> of tradition.
A matter of perspective. Some will say cursors are blinking for
technical reasons.
Sure, but that's not the same. A wheel is defined (at least by
wikipedia) as: a circular device that is capable of rotating on its
axis. Does the definition of cursor require that it blink?
E.g.
* When using real terminals (or remote logins or runlevel 3), they often
are the only indication of a system being alive or not.
As I posted elsewhere in this thread, my VT420 which is a real terminal
by any definition, doesn't blink the cursor. Whether or not that was
its default or not I can't say since I've had it for years and I got it
second hand.
* Certain applications apply multiple cursors. The active one often
is
blinking to highlight it.
Ok, fair enough. How does this apply to terminals?
Conversely: Most kids, at some point in their lifes will proudly
present
their parents the vehicle with triangular or rectangular wheels they
assembled from LEGO kits or similar.
Ok, do the rectangular "wheels" do what a wheel traditionally does as
well as a circular wheel? Nope, it doesn't...so there's a technical
reason why a wheel is circular: it works. Just because something is
called a wheel doesn't make it a wheel.
Honestly, I don't care either way, though I do like saving power on my
laptop.
Brian "My ancestors apparently were cart makers" Wheeler