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Re: "do you like square cursors or pipe like cursors? should the..."
i guess i just like square cursors for aesthetics or because i enjoyed those on pravetz-8d (oric atmos bulgarian clone).
but recently i notice that exact position of pipe cursor is not always clear to me, not sure if it relates to the character on the left of it or right of it.
2023-12-01 · 2 months ago
🐦 wasolili [...] · Dec 01 at 04:00:
I like the square cursor when I'm editing code because it's easier to spot, but for general text fields I prefer a pipe.
🐉 gyaradong · Dec 06 at 02:39:
vi-wise, you need both block (signifies character) and line (signifies insertion point). I think you can live without one at the cost of redundancy or missing information. I tend to prefer missing information even though it's probably stupid. I'm agnostic to the blink.
I am happy with a few blinks on motion, then, a steady block
TBH I just noticed to have a square cursor that blinks slowly.
Ah, remember now. I used to have a vertical line cursor in the past, but when there is lots of text on the screen, it was difficult to spot, which required a faster blink rate - which was irritating to me when I had focus on the cursor already.
So i settled for the square (well, rectangle) cursor with a slow blink.
🖥️ zetamacs · Jan 18 at 22:59:
Blinky bar. I don't need a constant reminder of how wide a character is, only where the next character is going to start.
do you like square cursors or pipe like cursors? should the cursor blink?