Re: Win Oberon/F annoyance -- the cursor!

Guy Laden (laden@math.tau.ac.il)
Thu, 10 Oct 1996 20:02:50 +0200 (GMT+0200)

> Boy, it has been very quiet on the Oberon/F list lately, hasn't it? I hope I
> haven't been unsubscribed!

nope, its just quiet.

> One of the users of a Windows 95 application I wrote and distribute within
> Boeing just complained about the way the cursor works in an Oberon/F text
> view. When using the space bar repeatedly to insert several spaces, the
> cursor completely dissappears, so there is no way to tell when you should
> stop spacing. I notice that in other Windows applications, the cursor always
> stays visible, so this appears to be an Oberon/F-specific problem. Is there
> a workaround for this? Also, is there a workaround to make the cursor a
> little more bold and non-blinking, like most other Windows applications?

Just want to concur - I also find I "lose" the cursor sometimes and would
like a thicker one that blinks less often (I think the behaviour I see
in other good windows editors is that when I type the cursor blinks less
often than when theres no action at the keyboard)

Guy.