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30.0.50; [PATCH] Do not put pointer on first menu item in no-toolkit build

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Message #11 received at 60510 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>, 60510 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60510: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Do not put pointer on first menu
 item in no-toolkit build
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 14:09:26 +0100

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

[...]

> This is age-old behavior, common also with TTY menus.  We should at
> least change all of them.  And frankly, I'm not sure we should change
> it, after so many years.  Someone might depend on this behavior.

Yes, as this is part of oldXMenu, I suspected that.

So more generally, I kind of like the no toolkit backend but I want to
be able to modify it (my pipe dream being able to use emacs face
machinery to write to those menus).  What would be my best bet here?
Rewrite a plain X11 backend from scratch?

Best regards,
-- 
Manuel Giraud

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