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: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:08:21 +0300 Message-ID: <83oan0hvze.fsf@gnu.org> References: 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 1428415764 14609 80.91.229.3 (7 Apr 2015 14:09:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 14:09:24 +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 Tue Apr 07 16:09:14 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 1YfUBj-00056m-Kr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:09:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45196 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfUBi-0001PO-QS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:09:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38205) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfUBf-0001PI-Qe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:09:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfUBa-0006w2-Q1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:09:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57899) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfUBa-0006vy-Mn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:09:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YfUBa-0002g9-6e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:09:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:09:02 +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=B20271.142841570410254 (code B ref 20271); Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:09:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20271) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Apr 2015 14:08:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47675 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YfUAx-0002fK-Ki for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:08:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout25.012.net.il ([80.179.55.181]:43132) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YfUAu-0002f6-QV for 20271@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:08:22 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout25.012.net.il by mtaout25.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NMF00L00WBWL300@mtaout25.012.net.il> for 20271@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:03:36 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout25.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NMF00AZPWE04W90@mtaout25.012.net.il>; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:03:36 +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:101255 Archived-At: > From: joaotavora@gmail.com (João Távora) > Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:35:08 +0100 > > Here's my -Q recipe > > Create a shortcut to "runemacs.exe -Q" (or "emacs.exe -Q") > Run it > In the new vanilla emacs, cursor is a thin vertical bar. > Try to (setq cursor-type 'box) or any other option has no effect. > Changing the default font has no effect, either I cannot reproduce this. Does it happen only when you run Emacs via a desktop shortcut, but not if you run it from the cmd prompt? > This is possibly not an Emacs bug, since other people using the same > Emacs version and operating system can set the cursor type. I also > believe I had other cursor types in the past. How can I debug this? Do you have cursorType customized in the Registry, per chance? 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.