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23.1.91; Mouse pointer shape in menus on Windows 7

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: f.j.wright <at> live.co.uk, 5464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5464: 23.1.91; Mouse pointer shape in menus on Windows 7
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:31:09 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 01:31:37 +0200
> Cc: 5464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> "Francis Wright" <f.j.wright <at> live.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > Click on a menu. The mouse pointer shape should be the default arrow but
> > often it is the I shape that I expect when the mouse pointer is over
> > editable text. Occasionally it is the pointing hand that I expect when
> > the mouse pointer is over a hyperlink.
> >
> > I think the following recipe will provoke this bug reliably. Start emacs with
> > the -Q option. Drag the window to the top of the screen so that it maximises,
> > then drag it down again to that it reverts to its previous size. Now open a
> > menu; the mouse pointer seems to appear reliably as the I shape. This is on a
> > new Compaq laptop running Windows 7. I can't get Emacs
> > 23.1.1 to show the same bug on my previous laptop running Windows XP.
> >
> > In GNU Emacs 23.1.91.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7600)
> > of 2010-01-03 on PRETEST
> > Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7600
> > configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'
> 
> That was over 9 years ago.  Are you still seeing this in a modern
> version of Emacs?

I can't, but these Heisenbugs are notoriously unreproducible.

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