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

[Kim F. Storm]

"Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden> writes:

>    The cursor is shown as a 1-pixel wide line drawn along edge
>    of the combined image + border area.
>
> Ah!  Am I right in understanding that you mean the cursor is a loop as
> wide [first meaning of `wide'] as the combined image + border, and
> that the loop is one pixel wide [second meaning of `wide']?

Yes.

> Am I right in understanding that you mean the width, second meaning,
> of the loop is one pixel, or on one of my screens, a little less than
> 0.2 mm but in others more than 0.25 mm?

Yes, a pixel is a pixel is a pixel...

> When you say the 1-pixel wide line is `hollow', what do you mean?

It is similar to the other types of "hollow cursors" we have -- i.e.
the rest of the underlying glyph is still visible.

>
> Do you mean the center of the loop is the image, i.e., the cursor does
> not cover it up, 

Yes.

>                  and that the 1-pixel wide line is some color such as
> black or red?  

Yes, it drawn in the current "cursor color".

Have you never seen Emacs draw a hollow cursor before?

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