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[PATCH] Allow setting corner in mouse avoidance mode.

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From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 10165 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10165: [PATCH] Allow setting corner in mouse avoidance mode.
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:31:26 +0100

Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org> 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.

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  Thierry
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