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[PATCH] New window parameter 'cursor-type'

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Message #35 received at 70622 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: me <at> eshelyaron.com, 70622 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70622: [PATCH] New window parameter 'cursor-type'
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:10:46 +0300

> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:48:19 +0200
> Cc: 70622 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> 
>  >> Here the window parameter has the same set of possible values as the
>  >> variable, except the window parameter also has the value 'none, which
>  >> corresponds to the variable's nil value.  The nil value of the window
>  >> parameter means "window parameter not set".
>  >
>  > If this is unavoidable (which I'm not yet sure), we can use this.  But
>  > let's first hear from Martin, maybe there are better ideas.
> 
> Since I'm responsible for the 'none' convention (which I dislike) I have
> no better ideas.  Would it help to make cursor_type a slot in the window
> structure and provide a 'set-window-cursor-type' function?

So that cursor-type is no longer a window-parameter?

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