bug#579: marked as done (cursor-type -> frame parameter?)

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Your message dated Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:03:41 -0400
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and subject line Re: bug#579: cursor-type -> frame parameter?
has caused the Emacs bug report #579,
regarding cursor-type -> frame parameter?
to be marked as done.

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Coming from 22, I expected cursor-type to work as buffer-local variable.
That's what it's documented as, and there is no entry in NEWS  
regarding this.

However, setting cursor-type takes no effect.
Having looked at the nsfns.m code, I tried this

(set-frame-parameter nil 'cursor-type 'bar)

and voila, it does the job.

Is this intended and the same across platforms?  if so, a NEWS entry  
would be nice.  (I haven't checked the manual).




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From: David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com>
To: 579-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: Re: bug#579: cursor-type -> frame parameter?
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:03:41 -0400
Message-ID: <9F38E474-E79E-4D36-B578-495BB0FE2C30@gmail.com>

Fixed using a patch installed on 2008-08-20, which uses the generic  
cursor type rather than an NS specific field.