GNU bug report logs - #65191
29.1; -ms and -cr CL options don't work

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Message #20 received at 65191 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: peter.mao <at> gmail.com, 65191 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65191: 29.1; -ms and -cr CL options don't work
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 15:31:32 +0800

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

>> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
>> Cc: Peter Mao <peter.mao <at> gmail.com>,  65191 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 15:04:39 +0800
>> 
>> -ms doesn't work on GNOME systems, as a consequence of XRender cursors
>> being configured by default.  Those cursors aren't simple bitmaps, and
>> thus cannot be recolored.
>
> Perhaps we should document this, at least in PROBLEMS, if not in the
> doc string of set-mouse-color.  Like, say that this doesn't work on
> GNOME systems and on MS-Windows?

Now done.

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