From: "Jan D." <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
To: Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>
Cc: 5766@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5766: 23.1.94; invisible pointer still highlights text
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:28:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BB1D252.3010200@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100324101053.0996812587.qww314159@motoko.argon.local>
Hello.
Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> I like the new feature in 23.1.94 of having the mouse pointer turn
> invisible when you are typing. However, if text is set to highlight
> when the pointer is over it, this still occurs when the invisible
> pointer is over something. This can be disorienting if you switch
> contexts into a buffer that has this. For example, if you're typing
> away and then switch to gnus, info, or any of the other many places
> where there is mouse-selectable text, some seemingly random text on the
> screen may be highlighted because the invisible cursor is over it. If
> possible, it seems like any behavior triggered by the mouse pointer
> being over something should be disabled when the mouse pointer is
> invisible.
>
I will shortly fix this in the trunk. Is this appropriate for 23.2 also
(Stefan or Yidong)? Here's the patch:
=== modified file 'src/xdisp.c'
--- src/xdisp.c 2010-02-26 01:17:28 +0000
+++ src/xdisp.c 2010-03-30 09:58:29 +0000
@@ -23599,6 +23599,8 @@
return;
#endif
+ if (f->pointer_invisible) return;
+
if (NILP (Vmouse_highlight)
|| !f->glyphs_initialized_p)
return;
Jan D.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-30 10:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-24 14:10 bug#5766: 23.1.94; invisible pointer still highlights text Jay Berkenbilt
2010-03-30 10:28 ` Jan D. [this message]
2010-03-30 15:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-30 17:32 ` Jan Djärv
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