RE: [h-e-w] Box cursor when in "insert mode"

[Eli Daniel]

I wrote a little package to make the cursor act more "windowsy" as I
think of it, though since then I've realized that few Windows programs
actually work that way.

Anyway, what it does is make the cursor a blinking bar when inserting
and a solid box when overwriting.

I used to have it up on the web, but I don't think I've replaced it
since switching ISPs.  It's pretty short, so I guess I'll just attach
the file.

To use, put the attached file in your load-path and include this in your
.emacs:

(require 'w32-cursor)
(blink-cursor-mode nil)
(w32-cursor-mode 1)

Note: this requires Emacs 21.  I have somewhere a version for Emacs 20
as well, so if anyone is interested, let me know and I'll see if I can
dig it up.

-Eli




> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:help-emacs-windows-
> address@hidden On Behalf Of Daniel Hegyi
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 5:23 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [h-e-w] Box cursor when in "insert mode"
> 
> Hi,
> 
> To make my cursor a blinking bar in Emacs 21.2 I use this code:
> 
> ;; Make a bar cursor
> (setq default-cursor-type 'bar)
> (defun reset-frame-cursor (&optional frame)
>   (modify-frame-parameters frame `((cursor-type .
,default-cursor-type))))
> (reset-frame-cursor)
> (add-hook 'after-make-frame-functions 'reset-frame-cursor)
> 
> I'd like to have the cursor become a box when I'm in "insert mode"
(i.e.,
> when I press the insert key once.) How can I do that? Currently it
just
> turns yellow, I guess because I have (set-face-background 'region
> "yellow")
> set in my .emacs.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel
> 
> 
> 
> 
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