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: Re: Changing pointer shape in Windows Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:39:04 -0400 Message-ID: <48E4C0E8.4040603@RickMohr.net> References: <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 1222951213 17324 80.91.229.12 (2 Oct 2008 12:40:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 12:40:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Nikolaj Schumacher Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 02 14:41:11 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 1KlNUI-0003Nt-99 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:40:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36925 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KlNTE-0007L6-Rg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:39:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KlNSv-0007L1-F6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:39:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KlNSu-0007KX-Ev for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:39:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47031 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KlNSu-0007KS-7R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:39:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.194]:62351) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KlNSt-0001Va-Ri for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:39:32 -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=mrus1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKpCa-1KlNSb14UM-0005DW; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:39:15 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) In-Reply-To: X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/2rlAbKBWYy/Rxek7jGh7foozj46X/o64sWxq HDYBe5dnGYuZ69LSfeoIg2lo/rl2vc7WTH7tgFUGtvaZvq+N3N 8wdXKWKHN+M65JTfa5zcA== X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:58282 Archived-At: I will enter a bug as you suggest for the I-beam pointer. Are you saying it's no longer an option to use the "arrow" pointer over text? Regarding what part of a character you point at to select it, I think the Emacs behavior makes sense with the old arrow pointer + "box" cursor but doesn't make sense with the new I-beam pointer + "sliver" cursor. Highlighting an entire character (the box cursor) rather than the space between characters (the sliver cursor) suggests you are selecting a character rather than the space between characters, so pointing at any part of the character is consistent. I prefer the box cursor because it's easier to find on the screen and I always use a fixed-width font. I tried the following unsuccessfully to use the box cursor in Emacs 22: (setq initial-frame-alist '((top . 1) (left . 470) (width . 148) (height . 72) (cursor-type . 'box) )) Is it no longer an option to use the "box" cursor? -Rick