RFC: Disabling blinking cursor by default

Chuck Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Wed Feb 4 23:19:07 UTC 2009


On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 08:47:00AM -0500, Brian Wheeler wrote:
> > * When using real terminals (or remote logins or runlevel 3), they often 
> > are the only indication of a system being alive or not.
> 
> As I posted elsewhere in this thread, my VT420 which is a real terminal
> by any definition, doesn't blink the cursor.  Whether or not that was
> its default or not I can't say since I've had it for years and I got it
> second hand.

Heh.  I have a few brand-new-still-in-box VT520's.  Should I crack one 
open to check the whether the cursor blinks by default?




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