Subject: bug#10165: [PATCH] Allow setting corner in mouse avoidance mode.

From: Thierry Volpiatto <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:40:20 +0100

Thierry Volpiatto <[email-masked]> writes:

> Juri Linkov <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>>>> there was nothing except modifying function
>>>> `mouse-avoidance-banish-destination' to set in which corner mouse is
>>>> banish.
>>>> This patch allow setting this through
>>>> `mouse-avoidance-banish-destination' user variable like this:
>>>> (left . top) or (right . bottom) etc...
>>
>> FWIW, I have in my .emacs:
>>
>>   ;; Move the mouse to the screen corner on any keypress.
>>   (when (and (display-mouse-p) (require 'avoid nil t))
>>     ;; Move the mouse to the lower-right corner instead of default upper-right
>>     (defun mouse-avoidance-banish-destination ()
>>       (cons (+ 3 (frame-width)) (- (frame-height) 1)))
>>     (mouse-avoidance-mode 'banish))
>>
>> It would be better to allow users to replace such code with customization.
> Yes, it is what my patch does:
> Instead of your code you can just say:
> (setq mouse-avoidance-banish-destination '(right . bottom))
> or of course setting that through customize interface.

Also, I have added a new user variable to this patch that allow setting
the distance from window's edge:

(defcustom mouse-avoidance-banish-distance-from-edge 2
  "Set the distance from edge of window in Mouse Avoidance mode `banish'."
  :group 'avoid
  :type 'integer)

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  Thierry
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