On 2011-08-03 18:11 +0200, York Zhao wrote:
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Vegard Øye wrote:
The cursor /type/ (box, hollow, bar, etc.), on the other hand, is fully buffer-local.
Then should I be using "setq-default" instead of "setq"?
The variable `evil-emacs-state-cursor' is not buffer-local, so you should just use `setq'. The underlying variable which Evil modifies, `cursor-type', is buffer-local, which is what enables Emacs to simultaneously display different cursors in buffers that are in different states. This is only an issue because of the `cursor-in-non-selected-windows' setting. If it is nil, then only one cursor is displayed at any time, and it doesn't matter if the underlying variables are buffer-local or not. Unfortunately, it is not possible to change the cursor color when running Emacs in the terminal (which is where it would be really useful, since the cursor type is always a box). Or rather, according to my tests, it /is/ possible to change both the cursor type and color when running Emacs in a terminal on Windows, but it is impossible to change either when running in a terminal -- any terminal -- on Ubuntu Linux. :/
By the way, after a few days of using Evil I'm pretty happy with it. Evil appears to be "cleaner" and more elegant designed than Viper+Vimpulse, thanks a lot to your wonderful work Vegard, Frank, Nikolai and all the contributors.
You're welcome! -- Vegard