[BRLTTY] Feature request

Nicolas Pitre nico at cam.org
Mon Apr 3 14:45:14 EDT 2006


On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Yannick PLASSIARD wrote:

> Hi there,
> 	I would like to suggest something about the cursor:
> 	If the cursor is under a character that have dots 7 and 8, it 
> becomes invisible, even if blinking. I suggest in this case to make 
> the dot 8 blinking (even if it "degrades" the character). :) What do 
> you think about that ?

I think this is a bad idea.  Character "degradation" is unacceptable.  
It would create worse confusion than a hidden cursor.

I'd suggest that you either use 6-dot mode (at least you _know_ dot 7 
and 8 are not supposed to be visible in that case) or use a block 
cursor.


Nicolas


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