Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:30:08 +0100 | From | Daniel Mack <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] vt: make the default cursor shape configurable |
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On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:35:12PM +1030, David Newall wrote: > I'm having trouble seeing a flashing cursor during device startup as a > problem. I expect it will prove a useful diagnostic, one day. I think > you can turn it off (from user space) within a couple of seconds of > power on; you did say embedded, didn't you? Perhaps you even can > configure your hardware to not display the cursor on startup, which is > the second likeliest (after user-space) place to satisfy your needs.
I'm talking about an embedded device with no keyboard connected but only a touch screen. In this case, the cursor is clearly misleading, as there is no input device to use it. And for such a case (and I'm sure I'm not the only one having it), a way to switch the cursor off is much appreciated. I don't believe that's so hard to understand, really.
"A couple of seconds" is still too much. We don't want to give the impression of a terminal at all. The whole application starting afterwards has no cursor either.
Daniel
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