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> a block cursor by default

Hands off the block cursor, it's very helpful with astigmatism.




Nothing against the block cursor as long as it's not on by default. I'm having trouble thinking of other text editors that use it as the default.


The block cursor serves a very specific purpose. Since you can insert either before or after the cursor a block makes perfect sense.

Especially as a beginner being used to normal text editing, but even now after years of using it my reasoning is still "do I need it before or after the cursor" and looking at the block.

What's your reason for not wanting it by default?


> The block cursor serves a very specific purpose. Since you can insert either before or after the cursor

In Emacs, you mean?

> a block makes perfect sense.

In Emacs. As it is now, i.e for existing Emacs users. Do you think this discussion, "How to make Emacs more popular", is mainly about that tiny minority?

> Especially as a beginner being used to normal text editing,

"Normal text editing for beginners" has been defined more by Windows Notepad than by Emacs since about five minutes after Windows Notepad was first released, which is over thirty (thirty-five?) years ago now.

> but even now after years of using it my reasoning is still "do I need it before or after the cursor" and looking at the block.

Your reasoning, and perhaps most other already-existing Emacs users'. Which, in the larger picture, equals practically nobody. What was this discussion about again; something like "How to make Emacs more popular"?

> What's your reason for not wanting it by default?

The more relevant question is: What's your reason for wanting to confuse everybody else with this weird behaviour?




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