Windows system caret

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Should we use?

   (setq w32-use-visible-system-caret  t)

In this way, the "fat" Emacs cursor is converted to the common Windows 
carret.

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Windows-Misc.html

Maybe it's not so good for common Emacs users, but it feels more like a 
Windows app.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by davidcapello on 16 Sep 2009 at 11:59

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After using some minutes this cursor... I found it pretty useless (as Emacs 
involves 
a lot of cursor movement, the "fat" cursor results as better feedback).

Original comment by davidcapello on 16 Sep 2009 at 4:23

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i feel pretty much the same. Aquamacs has the I-beam cursor by default, which 
is 
standard in Mac UI. I thought it is better, because emacs's concept of "point" 
is 
actualy between chars, not on char. But after i tried it, didn't like it so 
much... 
but a have a little feeling that only because we are used to emacs. If we force 
ourselves to the I-beam for a few weeks, i think we may feel differently...

btw, there's also hl-line mode, e.g.
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook (lambda () (hl-line-mode 1)))
sometimes i try it out...

it highlight the current line. Is default in some text editors i think. I have 
tried 
to turn it on but only for 10 min or so... didn't like it, but again i feel 
maybe 
it's only because we got used to emacs way, not necessarly because it is not 
more 
intuitive or productive if we really survey this on all programers.

Original comment by xah...@gmail.com on 16 Sep 2009 at 5:58

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