I tried that but it gave errors. However, the errors ended by suggesting adding '.git' so then I ran:
raco pkg install https://github.com/LiberalArtist/disable-blink-caret-drracket-tool.git and then I ran drracket -- and no blinking! (It worked on both Linux and Windows). Thank you:-) On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 9:16:15 PM UTC Philip McGrath wrote: > I put up a very quick version on GitHub: > https://github.com/LiberalArtist/disable-blink-caret-drracket-tool > > You should be able to install it with `raco pkg install > https://github.com/LiberalArtist/disable-blink-caret-drracket-tool` > <https://github.com/LiberalArtist/disable-blink-caret-drracket-tool>. > > Hope this helps! > > -Philip > On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 3:49:39 PM UTC-5 Philip McGrath wrote: > >> On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 3:10 PM 'Mark' via Racket Users < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> (But it is still a pity that there's no config option to turn off >>> blinking in DrRacket.) >>> >> >> I agree that this would be a valuable feature to add, not just to >> DrRacket but to `racket/gui` in general. It seems the blinking behavior is >> controlled with a hard-coded interval here: >> https://github.com/racket/gui/blob/aa5ebfec7402bdcbc3813f822caedb4a3ceb2c4c/gui-lib/mred/private/wxme/editor-canvas.rkt#L84-L104 >> >> Probably the hard part of a solution would be detecting the user's >> preference properly across platforms. >> >> In the meantime, I think it would be possible for a DrRacket plugin >> <https://docs.racket-lang.org/tools/Extending_the_Existing_DrRacket_Classes.html> >> >> to use `drracket:get/extend:extend-interactions-text` and >> `drracket:get/extend:extend-definitions-text` to override the >> `blink-caret` >> <https://docs.racket-lang.org/gui/editor___.html#(meth._(((lib._mred%2Fmain..rkt)._editor~3c~25~3e)._blink-caret))> >> >> method with a no-op. >> >> -Philip >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/9450d9a5-a197-4b27-bbf0-0d09eb2c99c3n%40googlegroups.com.
