From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rick Mohr Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Changing pointer shape in Windows Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:03 -0400 Message-ID: <48E24187.2000508@RickMohr.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1222871115 17478 80.91.229.12 (1 Oct 2008 14:25:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 14:25:15 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 01 16:26:03 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1Kl2Ub-0004eO-O6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:15:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37176 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kl2TY-00084z-HR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:14:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kkgsj-0005p3-Mt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kkgsi-0005oI-QN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40155 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kkgsi-0005oF-Lv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.197]:59545) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kkgsi-0004Ys-Dz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.1.100] (c-68-80-214-166.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [68.80.214.166]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKp8S-1KkgsV0t1y-0001eF; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:09 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/pb4IuqN39pvQqLIRIThBpq3lW5v8k4Mc7HH9 RYxK8v5EdLAocnQdx0l8wjezzxUlxYoQ13QGpVZ656U4UY8JYS u+QzEBsbHRBG88ZYBnyfQ== X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:02:00 -0400 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:58249 Archived-At: Emacs 21 used the "arrow" pointer everywhere, but Emacs 22 uses the "I-beam" pointer over text. How can I get Emacs 22 to use the "arrow" pointer over text? This doesn't seem to work: (setq x-pointer-shape 132) ; top_left_arrow (set-mouse-color "white") I want to use the arrow pointer because (1) I'm used to it, and (2) the I-beam pointer behaves differently than in other windows applications. In Emacs, clicking on any part of a character places the cursor before that character. In other windows applications, clicking on the left half of a character places the cursor before that character but clicking on the right half of a character places the cursor after that character. Any help appreciated. Thanks, -Rick