Re: cursor doesn't show through transparent images in emacs 22, unlike emacs 21

[Kim F. Storm]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> I think we have a responsibility to make sure that the default way of
> displaying an image does work properly with the cursor.  To have some
> peculiar option which means the cursor does not display properly might
> be excusable, but it's not excusable for the default to display wrong.
>

But it's not a new default -- it's been like that since 21.1.

Nobody has complained about it until now, so it's not a big problem
and there is a trivial workaround.

> I suggested:
>
>     That would be bad,  since it would change the geometry.
>     What I think he proposed is to show the cursor over the outer parts
>     of the image.  That seems good for this case.
>
> Is anyone working on this?

I don't think so.  

PS: Changing this requires updates to all of X, W32 and MAC ports.

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk