Turning off the blinking cursor in gnome-terminal

It shouldn't be this difficult, but one has to run 'gconf-editor', search to '/apps/gnome-terminal', and double click on cursor-blink-mode, and change the value to 'off':

Or, even easier: from the terminal do gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/cursor_blink_mode off.

Update

# Older way:
gconftool-2 --type string --set \
 /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/cursor_blink_mode off
gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/metacity/general/auto_raise true
gconftool-2 --type int --set /apps/metacity/general/auto_raise_delay 500
gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/metacity/general/focus_mode mouse

# Newer way:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-blink false
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/focus-mode mouse
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/auto-raise true
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/auto-raise-delay 500

# GTK3 way:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-blink false
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options "['ctrl:nocaps']"
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/focus-mode "'mouse'"
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/auto-raise true
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/auto-raise-delay 500

Wouldn't it be nice if they'd stop messing with how to do this?

Pretty on the outside

I have one of those nice Rosendahl II watches from http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/7a91/  Other people have noted how one has to be very careful fitting the band to your wrist as it is a destructive procedure.  Well, changing the battery isn't easy either, and if you're not careful, also a destructive procedure. After taking the back off, one needs to remove the plastic battery holder, essentially the whole gray thing you see after taking the back off.  It is connected in two places (see the red arrows) and one cannot take the battery out without removing it.

Giving one this

Once that is done, one can gently pry off the clip holding the battery.


Assembly, as they say, is the reverse.