Re: [Evolution] Unusual Text Editing Behavior

[Matthew Welch <mwelch cadtrain com>]

Wonderful! I expected it must be something like that. Thanks for the
response.

Matt Welch

On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 19:14, Larry Ewing wrote:
> 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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