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[PATCH] New window parameter 'cursor-type'

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: me <at> eshelyaron.com
Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at, 70622 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70622: [PATCH] New window parameter 'cursor-type'
Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 10:44:30 +0300

> Cc: me <at> eshelyaron.com, 70622 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:12:12 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > 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.

Eshel, could you please update your patch along these lines?

Thanks.

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