Cursor color in "Emacs state" not persistent

Thu Aug 4 16:31:28 CEST 2011

Thanks Vegard

York

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Vegard Øye <vegard_oye at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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