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[Bug 838381] Re: The cursor in active terminal window stops blinking after ten seconds.

 

I've found energy saving as argument at this point kind of absurd, refraining from negative list of apps, servers, cars ... , questioning the impact it seems rather a political than usability argument.
I'd expect to visualize if a terminal window has focus or not, without a blinking cursor there is no such indication.
Agreed on an opt-in option, but since it sounds like a final decision from upstream I'll have a look at other terminal apps.

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Title:
  The cursor in active terminal window stops blinking after ten seconds.

Status in GNOME Terminal:
  Invalid
Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When the cursor stops blinking, you start to wonder if something is
  wrong.

  The point is that the cursor should never stop blinking in an active
  terminal window.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gnome-terminal 3.0.1-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Aug 31 23:46:47 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110402)
  SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-27 (4 days ago)

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