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[gnu-emacs] / lispref / frames.texi

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+++ b/lispref/frames.texi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @c -*-texinfo-*-
 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002
-@c   Free Software Foundation, Inc. 
+@c   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
 @setfilename ../info/frames
 @node Frames, Positions, Windows, Top
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The frame is displayed on an MS-DOS terminal.
 * Display Feature Testing::     Determining the features of a terminal.
 @end menu
 
-  @xref{Display}, for information about the related topic of 
+  @xref{Display}, for information about the related topic of
 controlling Emacs redisplay.
 
 @node Creating Frames
@@ -516,14 +516,24 @@ in this frame.  Its value is @code{color}, @code{grayscale} or
 @code{mono}.
 
 @item cursor-type
-The way to display the cursor.  The legitimate values are @code{bar},
-@code{box}, and @code{(bar . @var{width})}.  The symbol @code{box}
-specifies an ordinary black box overlaying the character after point;
-that is the default.  The symbol @code{bar} specifies a vertical bar
-between characters as the cursor.  @code{(bar . @var{width})}
-specifies a bar @var{width} pixels wide.  The symbol @code{hbar}
-specifies a horizontal bar, an underscore-like cursor.  @code{(hbar .
-@var{width})} specifiles a horizontal bar @var{width} pixels high.
+How to display the cursor.  Legitimate values are:
+
+@table @code
+@item box
+Display a filled box.  (This is the default.)
+@item hollow
+Display a hollow box.
+@item nil
+Don't display a cursor.
+@item bar
+Display a vertical bar between characters.
+@item (bar . @var{width})
+Display a vertical bar @var{width} pixels wide between characters.
+@item hbar
+Display a horizontal bar.
+@item (bar . @var{width})
+Display a horizontal bar @var{width} pixels high.
+@end table
 
 @vindex cursor-type
 The buffer-local variable @code{cursor-type} overrides the value of
@@ -587,6 +597,20 @@ it and see if it works.)
 @end ignore
 @end table
 
+@defvar blink-cursor-alist
+This variable specifies how to blink the cursor.  Each element has the
+form @code{(@var{on-state} . @var{off-state})}.  Whenever the cursor
+type equals @var{on-state} (comparing using @code{equal}), Emacs uses
+@var{off-state} to specify what the cursor looks like when it blinks
+``off''.  Both @var{on-state} and @var{off-state} should be suitable
+values for the @code{cursor-type} frame parameter.
+
+There are various defaults for how to blink each type of cursor,
+if the type is not mentioned as an @var{on-state} here.  Changes
+in this variable do not take effect immediately, because the variable
+is examined only when you specify a cursor type for a frame.
+@end defvar
+
 @node Size and Position
 @subsection Frame Size And Position
 @cindex size of frame
@@ -1667,7 +1691,7 @@ variable to some other string, around a call to @code{x-get-resource}.
 
   The functions in this section describe the basic capabilities of a
 particular display.  Lisp programs can use them to adapt their behavior
-to what the display can do.  For example, a program that ordinarly uses
+to what the display can do.  For example, a program that ordinarily uses
 a popup menu could use the minibuffer if popup menus are not supported.
 
   The optional argument @var{display} in these functions specifies which
@@ -1739,7 +1763,7 @@ different in appearance than the default face, and
 Point (2) implies that a @code{:weight black} attribute will be
 satisfied by any display that can display bold, as will
 @code{:foreground "yellow"} as long as some yellowish color can be
-displayed, but @code{:slant italic} will @emph{not} be satisified by
+displayed, but @code{:slant italic} will @emph{not} be satisfied by
 the tty display code's automatic substitution of a `dim' face for
 italic.
 @end defun