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Bug 702901 - Disabling blinking cursor not working
Disabling blinking cursor not working
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: Profiles
3.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Terminal Maintainers
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-06-23 13:11 UTC by Daniel Preston
Modified: 2013-07-12 21:22 UTC
See Also:
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Description Daniel Preston 2013-06-23 13:11:43 UTC 
Hello, 

I tried disabling the blinking cursor with the following commands:

gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/interface/cursor_blink --type bool false

gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/cursor_blink_mode --type string off

This used to work in previous Gnome versions. What is the correct way to set this for Gnome 3.8?
Comment 1 Christian Persch 2013-06-23 13:26:16 UTC 
Gnome terminal now uses dconf since 3.8, so you'll need to construct an equivalent dconf command. If you figure it out, you could add it to https://live.gnome.org/Terminal/FAQ .
Comment 2 Daniel Preston 2013-06-25 20:45:24 UTC 
Hi Christian. 

I have figured out how to disable the blinking with newer dconf:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-blink false

I do not have an account for the wiki. Thus I ask you to add the information to the wiki.

Thanks!