Re: blinking cursor

Paul Rubin <[email protected]> Sat, 3 Jan 2026 12:24:52 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.editors.lyx.general
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On 1/3/26 12:16, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> On 1/3/26 12:23 AM, Christopher Menzel wrote:
>>> Is there any way to turn it off in MacOS 15.7.3 or any other version?
>>
>> I don’t /think/ it is possible without hacking the LyX source (and 
>> maybe the Qt source?) and recompiling LyX yourself. I’m not sure why 
>> the developers don’t include it as an option. Maybe Riki or one of 
>> the other gurus will tell us.
>
> JMarc is probably the cursor expert. I presume this would be pretty 
> simple to implement.
>
> There used to be a Qt config program, which maybe had such an option, 
> but I don't see it versions later than Qt 4.
>
> Riki
>
>
>
The Qt 5 config program does not have the "no blink" option, but setting 
the blink time to 0ms seems to achieve the desired effect.

Paul

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