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

[Kim F. Storm]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     But it's not a new default -- it's been like that since 21.1.
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> Maybe that just means everybody specifies :mask.

Or that nobody uses images without a border.

> This is definitely a bug, and I think we should fix it.
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>     and there is a trivial workaround.
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> What exactly is the workaround you recommend?

Use :mask ...

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>     PS: Changing this requires updates to all of X, W32 and MAC ports.
>
> That depends on how it is done.

Writing a border into the image requires those updates.