From 705df117fd5730fc9cddc5fd0909151094d80f0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:23:34 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about cursor blink animation energy consumption --- kitty/options/definition.py | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/kitty/options/definition.py b/kitty/options/definition.py index 592d8ccd9..0007ad223 100644 --- a/kitty/options/definition.py +++ b/kitty/options/definition.py @@ -337,6 +337,8 @@ will cause the cursor blink to be animated over a second, in the first half of t it will go from opaque to transparent and then back again over the next half. You can specify different easing functions for the two halves, for example: :code:`-1 linear ease-out`. kitty supports all the :link:`CSS easing functions `. +Note that turning on animations uses extra power as it means the screen is redrawn multiple times +per blink interval. See also, :opt:`cursor_stop_blinking_after`. ''' )