From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bill White Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Temporarily disabling mouse avoidance mode automatically Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:03:57 -0600 Message-ID: <87hc5kdcwi.fsf@wolfram.com> References: <001801c9556c$f7a340b0$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1228349443 8065 80.91.229.12 (4 Dec 2008 00:10:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:10:43 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 04 01:11:44 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L81oj-0005GQ-Rx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:11:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45422 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L81nZ-0006tS-4a for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:10:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L81nD-0006rH-Vh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:10:08 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L81nC-0006qx-Hk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:10:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43480 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L81nC-0006qu-DG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:10:06 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:40301 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L81nC-0006e1-33 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:10:06 -0500 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1L81n9-0004D3-6s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:10:03 +0000 Original-Received: from 173-23-83-70.client.mchsi.com ([173.23.83.70]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:10:03 +0000 Original-Received: from billw by 173-23-83-70.client.mchsi.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:10:03 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 173-23-83-70.client.mchsi.com X-Phone: 217-398-0700 x 234 X-Fax: 217-398-0747 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ay7AnrhjXcI4X6foGmUKnIB5Kjs= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:60351 Archived-At: On Wed Dec 03 2008 at 11:31, "Drew Adams" wrote: > But you made me think. It would be nice if Emacs could (optionally) do > what some apps do: Hide the mouse pointer completely, until you move > the mouse. That way, the pointer would not simply be moved away when > you use mainly the keyboard; it would disappear altogether. You would > be able to have an on-demand mouse. > > That would be a good mode value to add to `mouse-avoidance-mode': `vanish'. I'd *love* to have something like that! Now that I think of it, I never use the mouse in emacs. It often proves a distraction by inadvertently highlighting previous shell inputs or sitting atop something that vomits up a tooltip (or the tooltip's quieter but still annoying companion, flashing echo area text). VLC media player automatically hides the cursor a moment after it stops moving. Cheers - bw, eagerly awaiting Drew's rat poison -- Bill White . billw@wolfram.com . http://members.wolfram.com/billw "No ma'am, we're musicians."