LyX for Mac

[Stephan Witt]

Am 19.02.2022 um 12:34 schrieb Hal Kierstead via lyx-users <lyx-users at lists.lyx.org>:
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>> On Feb 18, 2022, at 8:11 PM, Tom Goldring via lyx-users <lyx-users at lists.lyx.org> wrote:
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>> I don't know how to adjust the cursor blink rate in Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Safari, etc. (if anyone does, please tell me!) but since I'm not spending a lot of time typing text into a window when I use a web browser, it isn't that much of an issue. When composing email, I usually type my text into an emacs buffer (which does allow me to turn off the blink) and then paste it into the mail client. In Windows you can turn off the blink via Control Panel -> Keyboard Properties.
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>> On 2/18/22 8:38 PM, Stephan Witt wrote:
>>> Am 18.02.2022 um 20:46 schrieb Tom Goldring via lyx-users <lyx-users at lists.lyx.org>:
>>>> I have version 2.3.6.2 on my MacBook Pro. I consider it a poor substitute for the Windows version. I can't turn off the blinking cursor (extremely annoying!), I can't change the background color (white background gives me a headache), hotkeys don't work, etc. Is there an alternative binary that I could download?
>>> Regarding the blinking cursor… it is quite common to have a blinking cursor. I agree it might be desirable to adjust the frequency or turn it off - but at a system wide level. I don’t know of a setting to read this parameter from. How do you adjust the cursor in Apple Mail or Safari? How do you adjust it with the Windows version?
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>>> BR,
>>> Stephan
>>> 
> Does https://www.macissues.com/2014/12/08/how-to-change-your-macs-text-cursor-blink-rate/ help?

No, not really. I knew this tipp and it doesn’t help with LyX on Mac.

It has an effect for Safari and e.g. SourceTree but not with Apple Mail or LyX. Qt doesn’t care for it.

======= 8< Qt documentation >8 =======
cursorFlashTime : int
This property holds the text cursor's flash (blink) time in milliseconds
The flash time is the time required to display, invert and restore the caret display. Usually the text cursor is displayed for half the cursor flash time, then hidden for the same amount of time, but this may vary.
The default value on X11 is 1000 milliseconds. On Windows, the Control Panel value is used and setting this property sets the cursor flash time for all applications.
======= 8< Qt documentation >8 =======

IMO it is an Qt bug. One may work around it. But I’m not sure how to do it right.

BR,
Stephan