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On Monday, May 7, 2012 at 9:42:31 AM UTC-4, Xah Lee wrote:
> In emacs 24, the cursor shape seems to have changed from a solid box
> to i-beam?
> 
> however, setting the following won't work?
> 
> (setq cursor-type 'box)
> (setq cursor-type 'bar)
> 
> any hints on what's going on?
> 
>  Xah

I am experiencing exactly the same issue which drives me crazy. Changing the variables or editing .emacs has no effect on it. Any idea? Windows 10 with emacs 25.1.1.