Re: [h-e-w] Emacs cursor turns into a vertical line

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: John J. Xenakis <hewreg@jxenakis.com>
> Cc: jxenakis123@gmail.com
> 
> >   Also, what is the value of w32-use-visible-system-caret?
> 
> The value of w32-use-visible-system-caret is t.
> 
> So I executed this:
> 
> >   (setq w32-use-visible-system-caret nil)
> 
> Holy Moley!!!! That fixed the problem.  The old cursor is back!
> 
> So am I all set now?  All I need to do is add that statement to
> the startup macros?

Yes.  Although I'm puzzled how did you get that variable set non-nil
in the first place.  Do you have some screen reader software installed
and active? or some other accessibility feature?  This variable is
normally off.