Disable Blinking Cursor in PDFView mode

[mustaqimM]

With evil enabled, the cursor blinks when in PDFView mode. Ideally, the cursor bar should not be shown.

I'm still understanding Emacs and lisp but I thought this would work:

(after! pdf-view-mode-hook
  (setq blink-cursor-mode nil))

I got it to work by setting:

(after! pdf-tools-modes
  (add-hook! 'pdf-view-mode-hook (blink-cursor-mode -1)))

But how do I hide it completely or colour it match the page?

[hlissner]

Ah, I see what you mean. Does (setq-hook! 'pdf-view-mode-hook blink-cursor-mode nil) work for you?

[mustaqimM]

No it doesn't, and the line I quoted above as working before, doesn't seem to anymore

[hlissner]

As it turns out, blink-cursor-mode is a global mode, so there's no disabling it for one buffer.

So instead, try adding (blink-cursor-mode -1) to your private config.el. I intend to disable it in an upcoming update, as it's proven too distracting in many cases.

[hlissner]

I've disabled blink-cursor-mode globally, which should resolve your issue. Could you update and give it a try? If not, I can explicitly disable the cursor in pdf-view-mode with:

  (add-hook! 'pdf-view-mode-hook (internal-show-cursor nil nil))

[mustaqimM]

Yes! It's working, thanks, though I prefer

(add-hook! 'pdf-view-mode-hook (internal-show-cursor nil nil))

because it doesn't show the cursor at all, the (blink-cursor-mode -1) option still shows the cursor as a blue border around the page

[hlissner]

And done! I'll consider this resolved. Let me know if it gives you any more trouble.

[hlissner]

I had to revert fd7f498 due to an issue with the cursor becoming invisible in other windows when restoring a session.