From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Mention mouse-face changes mouse pointer shape Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:24:00 +0100 Message-ID: References: <45DD9BE8.8050108@gmail.com> <45DDB142.1080008@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172165087 28028 80.91.229.12 (22 Feb 2007 17:24:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:24:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , Emacs Devel To: Jason Rumney Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 22 18:24:40 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HKHgK-0001tr-R0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:24:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HKHgK-00027r-A1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:24:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HKHfA-0001Cu-Ah for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:23:24 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HKHf9-0001CF-HC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:23:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HKHf9-0001C3-A0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:23:23 -0500 Original-Received: from pfepc.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.237]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HKHf5-0003rC-6g; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:23:19 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx19.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepc.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 36C0B8A003D; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:23:15 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <45DDB142.1080008@gnu.org> (Jason Rumney's message of "Thu\, 22 Feb 2007 15\:05\:38 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:66631 Archived-At: Jason Rumney writes: >> The 'mouse-face text property changes the mouse pointer shape to a >> hand, at least on w32. Should not this be mentioned, for example in >> > I think the change was a mistake, instead we should have arranged the > relevant areas to have both mouse-face and pointer text > properties. But I don't know how much effort it will be now to go back > and change this. Maybe it was a mistake, but in most cases, I think a hand cursor is the right pointer shape for mouse-face. If necessary, a pointer property can still be used to select another cursor shape. If not, that's a bug we should fix. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk