GNU bug report logs - #70622
[PATCH] New window parameter 'cursor-type'

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Message #41 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: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:12:12 +0300

> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:03:44 +0200
> Cc: me <at> eshelyaron.com, 70622 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> 
>  > So that cursor-type is no longer a window-parameter?
> 
> Yes.  IIUC it would mean that we have to initialize the cursor_type slot
> of a new window to t.  With the window parameter solution one would have
> to add a new 'cursor-type' parameter with a value of t whenever making a
> new window.  This would break with the convention that non-nil window
> parameters are used for handling "special" behaviors only.

I'm fine with this approach, thanks.  It will also solve nicely the
problem of redisplaying the affected window ASAP.

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