From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12922: 24.3.50; `make-pointer-invisible' don't seem to work Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:29:58 +0200 Message-ID: <838v9z0w09.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353252672 12568 80.91.229.3 (18 Nov 2012 15:31:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:31:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12922@debbugs.gnu.org To: Dani Moncayo Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 18 16:31:21 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ta6q9-0006sW-NW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:31:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43997 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ta6pz-000392-Gx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:31:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57049) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ta6pv-00037q-8E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:31:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ta6ps-0003wC-6B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:31:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42803) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ta6ps-0003w8-2W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:31:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Ta6qo-0006ZV-6f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:32:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:32:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12922 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12922-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12922.135325268625213 (code B ref 12922); Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:32:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12922) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Nov 2012 15:31:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53052 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Ta6qD-0006Yc-PV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:31:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:40673) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Ta6qB-0006YS-MR for 12922@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:31:24 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MDO00G00WD1TX00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 12922@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:30:23 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MDO00F3MWENL8N0@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:30:23 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-Spam-Score: 1.5 (+) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: 1.5 (+) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:67121 Archived-At: severity 12922 wishlist stop > Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:36:38 +0100 > From: Dani Moncayo > > I've read this paragraph in (info "(emacs) Display Custom"): > > If the mouse pointer lies inside an Emacs frame, Emacs makes it > invisible each time you type a character to insert text, to prevent it > from obscuring the text. (To be precise, the hiding occurs when you > type a "self-inserting" character. *Note Inserting Text::.) Moving > the mouse pointer makes it visible again. To disable this feature, set > the variable `make-pointer-invisible' to `nil'. > > When I try to test that feature, the mouse pointer never hides. It > only changes between the arrow (when the pointer is over an empty > area) and the "I-beam" (when the pointer is over some text). > > I've tested this with Emacs -Q, with the current trunk, with the > current emacs-24 branch, and with the 24.2, 24.1 and 23.4 releases. > In all cases the behavior is the same (mouse pointer remains visible > after typing text). This feature is not currently supported on MS-Windows. I marked this "wishlist"; patches are welcome.