Re: GtkTextView overtype mode

[Bill Haneman <bill haneman sun com>]

Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > Yes, and no. Good point on the cursor thing; hrm, now to find time to
> > implement it...
> 
> Coming from Emacs and vi, I've always used the block cursor. I find the
> I-beam cursor hard to see and follow when moving it. Would it be
> possible to allow the usage of the block-cursor even in non-override
> mode?

This sounds like something that could be themed to good effect.
Unfortunately the text-drawing routines themselves don't seem
installable via theme engines, so this would need to be a global
parameter.

There is an upcoming theme patch that addresses some text cursor
needs, I can have a look.

-Bill

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