Re: tlug: X Windows cursor

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Neil" == Neil Booth <NeilB@example.com> writes:

    Neil> Hmm.., I mean the vertical bar cursor used in text boxes and
    Neil> the like (e.g. Netscape, file runner etc.). They all blink,
    Neil> even when you're scrolling or typing, making it hard to see.

That's not a function of the X server, it's a function of the
application or the widget library that implements text areas.  If a
resource is available for dealing with it, it will probably be called
something like Text*CursorBlink.  You will have to turn it off for
every application; if you're lucky, you will be able to do that for
all applications using a given widget set with a wildcard resource
starting with a `*'.

Hmmm ... try "netscape -xrm '*blinkRate: 0'".  If that works for you,
add

*Text.blinkRate: 0
*TextArea.blinkRate: 0

to your ~/.Xresources, if you have it; if not, to ~/.Xdefaults, if it
exists; if not, create ~/.Xresources with those contents.  This will
turn off the blinking permanently for all Motif applications (and
anything else that defines a Text.blinkRate resource).  If you want to
limit it to certain applications, you need to do something like

Netscape*Text.blinkRate: 0

for each app.

N.B.  "The" X cursor is the thing you move with your mouse, also
called the pointer.  Be careful to specify which you mean.

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