On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 08:51 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > Brian Wheeler wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 01:27 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > >> seth vidal wrote: > >>> On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 15:53 -0500, Dimi Paun wrote: > >>>> On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 15:09 -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote: > >>>>> I fail to see how a solid cursor is that much harder to find than > >>>>> a blinking one. Unless you're only entering solid boxes as text? > >>>> There's a reason it's been like this in like ... forever. > >>>> Doesn't it strike you as strange to change one of the > >>>> longest established conventions on a whim?!? > >>> Tradition is not an argument in fedora. > >> Sometimes traditions have good reasons - There are reasons why wheels > >> are shaped round and not rectangular. > > > > Just as a nitpick, wheels are round for a technical reason, not because > > of tradition. > > A matter of perspective. Some will say cursors are blinking for > technical reasons. > Sure, but that's not the same. A wheel is defined (at least by wikipedia) as: a circular device that is capable of rotating on its axis. Does the definition of cursor require that it blink? > E.g. > * 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. > * Certain applications apply multiple cursors. The active one often is > blinking to highlight it. > Ok, fair enough. How does this apply to terminals? > Conversely: Most kids, at some point in their lifes will proudly present > their parents the vehicle with triangular or rectangular wheels they > assembled from LEGO kits or similar. > Ok, do the rectangular "wheels" do what a wheel traditionally does as well as a circular wheel? Nope, it doesn't...so there's a technical reason why a wheel is circular: it works. Just because something is called a wheel doesn't make it a wheel. Honestly, I don't care either way, though I do like saving power on my laptop. Brian "My ancestors apparently were cart makers" Wheeler -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
