Hi,
I installed Lyx for the very first time yesterday.
I was able to use it straight off with no problems---except for one:
the cursor kept blinking and there's no way to stop it.
I got the source & built it myself, applying these two changes, both in
src/frontends/Workarea.cpp
(1) In the Workarea::Workarea() constructor, change
cursor_timeout_(400) to cursor_timeout_(50)
(2) In the Workarea::hideCursor() method, add the call showCursor();
as the last statement in the method.
That kills cursor blink while still making sure the cursor is redrawn
fast enough as you navigate.
I wish there was a Preference option for this. A minority of people
simply cannot work with software that blinks
(http://www.jurta.org/prog/noblink.en.html).
Once I had a version I could use I was v. impressed. I'm no fan of TeX
or LaTeX, but LyX makes things much more palatable---and the change
tracking is v. useful.
--
Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu
