On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 04:22:43PM +0100, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > >This isn't sufficient reason to differ from other applications, > > On windows 2-pixel would be like MS-Word.
Then indeed it should be two pixels on Windows. > >nor is > >it sufficient reason to implement a lyx-only preference. > > Imagine some lyx user using both linux _and_ window and he really wants > the 2-pixels cursor. Are we going to say to him that it is not possible > to have the same behaviour on windows and linux? Yes. He won't be able to use Windows Explorer on Linux either, or the Start menu with things in the place he expects them. These differences dwarf the issue of the cursor. > >Imagine if every other application had the same idea :( > > I would agree if there was such desktop wide settings for editing cursor > but, AFAIK, there is none. Just because the right solution has not been implemented doesn't mean the wrong solution is OK... regards john