Re: blinking cursor

Yes it works -thanks so much !!

On 1/3/26 1:00 PM, Stephan Witt wrote:
> Am 03.01.2026 um 03:19 schrieb Tom Goldring <[email protected]>:
>> Is there any way to turn it off in MacOS 15.7.3 or any other version? I find it intolerable. I tried the "Prefer non-blinking cursor" in my System Settings, but it doesn't work in LyX.
> Hi Tom,
>
> LyX on Mac reads the defaults values NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOff and NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOn on startup.
>
> If only one of both values is set the cursor blink is disabled. If both are set the cursor blinks with a rate of the sum of these values (given in milliseconds).
>
> You may set them with the e.g. the following command in Terminal:
>
> defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOn 1000
>
> The system preference „non-blinking cursor“ is not supported yet. I don’t know how to read the user setting programmatically.
>
> BR Stephan


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