summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/lisp/frame.el
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/frame.el')
-rw-r--r--lisp/frame.el44
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/frame.el b/lisp/frame.el
index 3ac24a509a0..71e7cc10de2 100644
--- a/lisp/frame.el
+++ b/lisp/frame.el
@@ -1671,6 +1671,16 @@ left untouched. FRAME nil or omitted means use the selected frame."
:type 'number
:group 'cursor)
+(defcustom blink-cursor-blinks 10
+ "How many times to blink before using a solid cursor on NS and X.
+Use 0 or negative value to blink forever."
+ :version "24.4"
+ :type 'integer
+ :group 'cursor)
+
+(defvar blink-cursor-blinks-done 1
+ "Number of blinks done since we started blinking on NS and X")
+
(defvar blink-cursor-idle-timer nil
"Timer started after `blink-cursor-delay' seconds of Emacs idle time.
The function `blink-cursor-start' is called when the timer fires.")
@@ -1688,6 +1698,7 @@ command starts, by installing a pre-command hook."
(when (null blink-cursor-timer)
;; Set up the timer first, so that if this signals an error,
;; blink-cursor-end is not added to pre-command-hook.
+ (setq blink-cursor-blinks-done 1)
(setq blink-cursor-timer
(run-with-timer blink-cursor-interval blink-cursor-interval
'blink-cursor-timer-function))
@@ -1696,7 +1707,15 @@ command starts, by installing a pre-command hook."
(defun blink-cursor-timer-function ()
"Timer function of timer `blink-cursor-timer'."
- (internal-show-cursor nil (not (internal-show-cursor-p))))
+ (internal-show-cursor nil (not (internal-show-cursor-p)))
+ ;; Each blink is two calls to this function.
+ (when (memq window-system '(x ns w32))
+ (setq blink-cursor-blinks-done (1+ blink-cursor-blinks-done))
+ (when (and (> blink-cursor-blinks 0)
+ (<= (* 2 blink-cursor-blinks) blink-cursor-blinks-done))
+ (blink-cursor-suspend)
+ (add-hook 'post-command-hook 'blink-cursor-check))))
+
(defun blink-cursor-end ()
"Stop cursor blinking.
@@ -1709,6 +1728,29 @@ itself as a pre-command hook."
(cancel-timer blink-cursor-timer)
(setq blink-cursor-timer nil)))
+(defun blink-cursor-suspend ()
+ "Suspend cursor blinking on NS, X and W32.
+This is called when no frame has focus and timers can be suspended.
+Timers are restarted by `blink-cursor-check', which is called when a
+frame receives focus."
+ (when (memq window-system '(x ns w32))
+ (blink-cursor-end)
+ (when blink-cursor-idle-timer
+ (cancel-timer blink-cursor-idle-timer)
+ (setq blink-cursor-idle-timer nil))))
+
+(defun blink-cursor-check ()
+ "Check if cursor blinking shall be restarted.
+This is done when a frame gets focus. Blink timers may be stopped by
+`blink-cursor-suspend'."
+ (when (and blink-cursor-mode
+ (not blink-cursor-idle-timer))
+ (remove-hook 'post-command-hook 'blink-cursor-check)
+ (setq blink-cursor-idle-timer
+ (run-with-idle-timer blink-cursor-delay
+ blink-cursor-delay
+ 'blink-cursor-start))))
+
(define-obsolete-variable-alias 'blink-cursor 'blink-cursor-mode "22.1")
(define-minor-mode blink-cursor-mode