From 55c6ad413613cfbe69e420b139602fb955ed2b6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JJ Allaire <jj@rstudio.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 14:40:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add function to disable blinking cursor

---
 lib/ace/layer/cursor.js | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/ace/layer/cursor.js b/lib/ace/layer/cursor.js
index f43b36b7..217b1d0a 100644
--- a/lib/ace/layer/cursor.js
+++ b/lib/ace/layer/cursor.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ var Cursor = function(parentEl) {
     parentEl.appendChild(this.element);
 
     this.isVisible = false;
+    this.isBlinking = true;
 
     this.cursors = [];
     this.cursor = this.addCursor();
@@ -64,6 +65,12 @@ var Cursor = function(parentEl) {
         this.session = session;
     };
 
+    this.setBlinking = function(blinking) {
+        this.isBlinking = blinking;
+        if (blinking)
+            this.restartTimer();
+    };
+
     this.addCursor = function() {
         var el = dom.createElement("div");
         var className = "ace_cursor";
@@ -104,6 +111,8 @@ var Cursor = function(parentEl) {
 
     this.restartTimer = function() {
         clearInterval(this.blinkId);
+        if (!this.isBlinking)
+            return;
         if (!this.isVisible)
             return;