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: cursor doesn't show through transparent images in emacs 22, unlike emacs 21 Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 23:30:11 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1157319113 1779 80.91.229.2 (3 Sep 2006 21:31:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 21:31:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, Ken Manheimer , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 03 23:31:51 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GJzZE-0004YK-14 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 23:31:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GJzZD-0005tf-Iy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:31:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GJzZ0-0005t8-VM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:31:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GJzZ0-0005sF-2T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:31:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GJzYz-0005rx-Sc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:31:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.237] (helo=pfepc.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GJzjM-0002rh-In; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:42:16 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepc.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id CCDDC8A0030; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 23:31:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:08:17 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:59294 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > I think we have a responsibility to make sure that the default way of > displaying an image does work properly with the cursor. To have some > peculiar option which means the cursor does not display properly might > be excusable, but it's not excusable for the default to display wrong. > But it's not a new default -- it's been like that since 21.1. Nobody has complained about it until now, so it's not a big problem and there is a trivial workaround. > I suggested: > > That would be bad, since it would change the geometry. > What I think he proposed is to show the cursor over the outer parts > of the image. That seems good for this case. > > Is anyone working on this? I don't think so. PS: Changing this requires updates to all of X, W32 and MAC ports. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk