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23.0.91; Cursor face not changing

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#2870: closed (23.0.91; Cursor face not changing)
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:19:03 +0000

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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?

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 4194-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4194: 23.0.91; Cursor face not changing
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:17:13 -0500

Version: 24.1

Nikolaj Schumacher wrote:

> Setting the background color seems to work now. The foreground color,
> inverse-video, and others don't stick.

In Emacs 24, the doc for the cursor face will say:

  Currently, only the `:background' attribute is meaningful; all
  other attributes are ignored.

With regards to the region face:

> This bug is easily fixed by changing the following line in ns-win.el:
>
> (set-face-background 'region "ns_selection_color")

This line was removed from ns-win some time ago, so I imagine this is
fixed too.

Please open a new report if there are still issues in the latest version.

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