From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: gerd.moellmann@t-online.de (Gerd Moellmann) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [spiegel@gnu.org: Re: [Fwd: vc-annotate causes Emacs to die]] Date: 27 Aug 2002 17:50:23 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <86fzx0cncw.fsf@gerd.free-bsd.org> References: <200208260036.g7Q0aYe12400@wijiji.santafe.edu> <86n0r9vj6i.fsf@gerd.free-bsd.org> <87znv91n8y.fsf@wesley.springies.com> <86u1lhe5az.fsf@gerd.free-bsd.org> <868z2te0th.fsf@gerd.free-bsd.org> <5xbs7os3b0.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030463481 29942 127.0.0.1 (27 Aug 2002 15:51:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:51:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alan Shutko , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, spiegel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17jich-0007ml-00 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:51:19 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17jj84-0007W9-00 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 18:23:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17jie1-00030i-00; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:52:41 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17jicJ-0002zZ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:50:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17jicH-0002zL-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:50:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout02.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.17]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17jicB-0002xN-00; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:50:47 -0400 Original-Received: from fwd03.sul.t-online.de by mailout02.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 17jibz-0006k6-02; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:50:35 +0200 Original-Received: from gerd.free-bsd.org (520015515780-0001@[217.85.173.182]) by fwd03.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 17jidR-0kJMgqC; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:52:05 +0200 Original-Received: from gerd.free-bsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gerd.free-bsd.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7RFoR7Z004866; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:50:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from gerd.moellmann@t-online.de) Original-Received: (from gerd@localhost) by gerd.free-bsd.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7RFoNIt004863; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:50:23 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: gerd.free-bsd.org: gerd set sender to gerd.moellmann@t-online.de using -f Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-Reply-To: <5xbs7os3b0.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 X-Sender: 520015515780-0001@t-dialin.net Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:6987 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:6987 storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > > Can I now have the 21.2 cursor shapes back, as I requested a couple of > > times? The new cursor shapes for the off-state of the blinking cursor > > and in non-selected windows drive me up the wall. Why was that change > > made, for heaven's sake? > > > > Try this patch [X version only, but easily ported to mac and w32]. > > It changes cursor-in-non-selected-windows to a lisp object with > (almost) same values as cursor-type, and adds alternative-cursor-type > for the "off-state" of the blinking cursor. Yes, that works nicely. Thank you very much for writing this, Kim. May I propose to add X resource names for the cursor types analogous to `cursorType' (xfns.c, function x_window, I believe)? And it would be extra nice if cursor-in-non-selected-windows could be set to `hollow-box', too.