Re: change cursor type when idle

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Feb 12, 2008 3:30 PM, Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> wrote:

>  - What's the point of changing the cursor when emacs is idle?

Make it more discreet, for example.

>  - What's the point in changing the cursor in a read-only buffer?

>From `cua-read-only-cursor-color':
*Cursor color used in read-only buffers, if non-nil.
Only used when `cua-enable-cursor-indications' is non-nil.

>  - Changing the cursor in overwrite mode seems like a good idea, other
>    editors do it too.

>From `cua-overwrite-cursor-color':
*Cursor color used when overwrite mode is set, if non-nil.
Only used when `cua-enable-cursor-indications' is non-nil.

Doesn't what Drew is proposing have a bit of overlap with cua-mode? Or
am I missing something?

             Juanma