Re: [Evolution] Unusual Text Editing Behavior

[Larry Ewing <lewing ximian com>]

I'm pretty sure that what you are seeing is just a bug that has been
found and fixed in gtkhtml in CVS and will be included in the next
evolution release.

--Larry

On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 15:22, Matthew Welch wrote:
> This is something that has been bothering me almost to the point of my
> considering dropping Evolution as my email client, despite the fact that
> I need it to access an Exchange server.
>
> Evolution's email component is certainly intended to have advanced text
> editing functionality, but there's one aspect of the text editor that is
> such a rookie mistake when it comes to text editing that I have to
> assume that I must have something misconfigured in my own environment.
> This oddity is the blinking cursor. If you take a look at at any given
> text editing environment (command line, word processor, etc.), you'll
> notice that the cursor, when not moving, blinks. However when it's
> moving, the blinking stops. The obvious reason for this is that if the
> cursor is blinking while it's moving, then for that half second or so
> when the cursor is not visible, you have no idea where it is. That's ok,
> when the cursor isn't moving because you know still know where the
> cursor will return, but it's BEYOND MADDENING when trying to move your
> cursor around text for the purpose of editing. I'm constantly over or
> under shooting where I'm trying to place the cursor.
>
> I happen to be a pretty poor typist so I have to diligently proofread
> every email I send in the business environment. That means that I use
> ctrl-left and ctrl-right a ton to move the cursor around my text. The
> cursor disappearing while I'm doing this has just about driven me over
> the edge into insanity. 
>
> Please, PLEASE, someone tell me I have a setting wrong somewhere and
> that I can change to fix this. Other this this issue, I absolutely love
> Evolution but I'm almost at my tolerance limit.
>
> Thanks!
> Matt Welch
>
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