Variable: visible-cursor

visible-cursor is a customizable variable defined in term.c.

Value

t

Documentation

Non-nil means to make the cursor very visible.

This only has an effect when running in a text terminal. What means "very visible" is up to your terminal. It may make the cursor bigger, or it may make it blink, or it may do nothing at all.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 22.1.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/term.c
  DEFVAR_BOOL ("visible-cursor", visible_cursor,
	       doc: /* Non-nil means to make the cursor very visible.
This only has an effect when running in a text terminal.
What means \"very visible\" is up to your terminal.  It may make the cursor
bigger, or it may make it blink, or it may do nothing at all.  */);