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28.0.50; make-pointer-invisible t should work also for navigation commands

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Message #30 received at 42889 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 42889 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42889: 28.0.50; make-pointer-invisible t should work also for
 navigation commands
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:07:32 -0700

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tags 42889 + patch
thanks

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:56:40 +0300
>> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
>> Cc: 42889 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>> I actually thought about something more direct: force
>> note_mouse_highlight return early before highlighting anything, when a
>> certain variable is non-nil (that variable could be f->pointer_invisible).
>
> Btw, please take a look at the variable mouse-highlight: doesn't it
> already provide support for the feature being sought here?

Yes, I think it does.  I think this is strictly a documentation bug
then, thanks for pointing it out.

I guess the attached patch should be okay for emacs-28.

[0001-Refer-to-mouse-highlight-from-make-pointer-invisible.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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