Re: blinking cursor

Am 05.01.2026 um 18:37 schrieb Chris Menzel <[email protected]>:
> 
> Just to note for others who might be trying this trick, it took me a bit of trial and error, but the following process did the job:
> 
> 1. Set values for both of the blink period keys. (This may or may not be necessary but it can't hurt.)
> 
> $ defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOn 1000
> $ defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOff 1000
> 
> 2. Explicitly delete only the PeriodOff key (as I understood Stephen, deleting only the PeriodOn key would also work):
> 
> $ defaults delete -g NSTextInsertionPointPeriodOff
> 
> 3. Flush the prefs daemon:
> 
> $ killall cfprefsd
> 
> 4. Restart LyX.
> 
> This will affect the cursor in all MacOS apps that use these keys, of course.
> 
> -chris

Hi Chris,

thanks for the follow-up.

I didn’t need step 3 and in theory it shouldn’t be required.

For the next LyX release I’ve implemented the check for the new system preference „prefer non-blinking cursor“. Furthermore the changes for NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOff and NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOn will be detected immediately.

I prefer using these global settings over a local LyX setting. I think one wants to disable blinking cursor in all applications or not at all.

Best regards,
Stephan

> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM Tom Goldring <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 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] <mailto:[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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