From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20271: 24.4; Can't change cursor type in w32 Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 15:06:34 +0300 Message-ID: <83d23ehlit.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83oan0hvze.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1428494847 32542 80.91.229.3 (8 Apr 2015 12:07:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 12:07:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20271@debbugs.gnu.org To: joaotavora@gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Jo=C3=A3o_?= =?UTF-8?Q?T=C3=A1vora?=) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 08 14:07:17 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YfolG-0003GJ-IC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 14:07:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52473 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfolF-00083L-RC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:07:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38950) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yfol8-00082v-Vt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:07:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yfol5-0008QT-2s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:07:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:59135) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yfol5-0008QJ-0U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:07:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Yfol4-0005dR-Gj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:07:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:07:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20271 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20271-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20271.142849480121629 (code B ref 20271); Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:07:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20271) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Apr 2015 12:06:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48911 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Yfokf-0005ck-2x for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:06:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:62522) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YfokY-0005cS-Pu for 20271@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:06:34 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NMH00C00L32Z500@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 20271@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 15:06:24 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NMH00CJALMNP480@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 15:06:24 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:101283 Archived-At: > From: joaotavora@gmail.com (João Távora) > Cc: 20271@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:48:11 +0100 > > I found the culprit. It's the Windows Magnifier. If you > (accidentally ,as in my case) start if *before* you start Emacs, you > get the thin 1px wide black vertical bar. There's no real turning it > off, so a logout is at least necessary. Sounds like an entry in etc/PROBLEMS is in order. Can you propose one, with a few details about turning the Magnifier on and off? > > I can tell you how to track the initial cursor drawing using GDB, but > > if the problem only happens when Emacs is invoked from a desktop > > shortcut, this could be a bit tricky. > > This is interesting to track other problems in general. Can I get a > "good" precompiled gdb.exe from somewhere in the internet, perhaps your > ezwinports repo? Yes, you can get a 32-bit Windows build of GDB 7.9, the latest released version, from ezwinports.