diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index 735289773..12beb4754 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ public class Base {
             createAndShowGUI(args);
           } catch (Throwable t) {
             Messages.showTrace("It was not meant to be",
-                                      "A serious problem happened during startup. Please report:\n" +
-                                      "http://github.com/processing/processing/issues/new", t, true);
+                               "A serious problem happened during startup. Please report:\n" +
+                               "http://github.com/processing/processing/issues/new", t, true);
           }
         }
     });
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/JEditTextArea.java b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/JEditTextArea.java
index b44c7b5b9..da390f2e3 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/JEditTextArea.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/JEditTextArea.java
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public class JEditTextArea extends JComponent
     if (!DISABLE_CARET) {
       caretTimer = new Timer(500, new ActionListener() {
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+          System.out.println("blink " + caretTimer);
           if (hasFocus()) {
             blinkCaret();
           }
@@ -1286,8 +1287,7 @@ public class JEditTextArea extends JComponent
       fireCaretEvent();
     }
 
-    // When the user is typing, etc, we don't want the caret
-    // to blink
+    // When the user is typing, etc, we don't want the caret to blink
     blink = true;
     if (!DISABLE_CARET) {
       caretTimer.restart();
@@ -1937,6 +1937,7 @@ public class JEditTextArea extends JComponent
 //      focusedComponent = null;
     if (!DISABLE_CARET) {
       caretTimer.stop();
+      System.out.println("disabling caret");
     }
   }
 
@@ -2001,13 +2002,11 @@ public class JEditTextArea extends JComponent
   protected static String RIGHT = "right";
   protected static String BOTTOM = "bottom";
 
-//  protected static JEditTextArea focusedComponent;
   protected Timer caretTimer;
-  private boolean DISABLE_CARET = false;
+  static private final boolean DISABLE_CARET = false;
 
   protected TextAreaPainter painter;
 
-  //protected EditPopupMenu popup;
   protected JPopupMenu popup;
 
   protected EventListenerList eventListenerList;