GNU bug report logs - #2870
23.0.91; Cursor face not changing

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Packages: emacs, ns;

Reported by: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 22:40:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, unreproducible

Merged with 2868, 3434, 4194

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Adrian Robert  <Adrian.B.Robert <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Alberto Simões <albie <at> alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt>,
        emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.91; Cursor face not changing
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:33:41 -0400

> Although I am able to configure the cursor face using the usual
> custumization tool, the real colors/face doesn't change.
>
> While the customization tool added to my .emacs the line:
>    '(cursor ((t (:background "wheat" :foreground "black"))))
>
> under the faces configuration command, when emacs starts I get back
> the original cursor colors (that are just annoying because I can't see
> the character behind the cursor).
>
> Oh, This emacs is compiled by me, from cvs (about 15 days ago), under
> MacOS/NS.

I can't reproduce this, so it's likely a bug on NS.  Adrian, can you
reproduce it?
Merged 2868 2870. Request was from Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:55:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Nikolaj Schumacher <me <at> nschum.de>
To: 2870 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.91; Cursor face not changing
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:24:01 +0200

> While the customization tool added to my .emacs the line:
>    '(cursor ((t (:background "wheat" :foreground "black"))))
>
> under the faces configuration command, when emacs starts I get back
> the original cursor colors (that are just annoying because I can't see
> the character behind the cursor).

The same seems to happen for the region face.  The background color
reverts to ns_selection_color sometime after the custom variables are
read.  (It works when reading the custom settings again, later.)

regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher
bug reassigned from package `emacs' to `emacs,ns'. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:55:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Merged 2868 2870 3434. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:30:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Merged 2868 2870 3434 4194. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:25:08 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Added tag(s) unreproducible and moreinfo. Request was from Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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