Re: Setting cursor-type does not trigger redisplay of cursor

[Juri Linkov]

> "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> I see no need for a set-cursor-type.
>
> Note that my original bug report does not request a set-cursor-type.
> I would just like Emacs to automatically "notice" a change (of any
> kind) to cursor-type at the next redisplay.

If the bug you reported will not get fixed until the next release,
then it makes sense to add a new special function and suggest users
to use it instead of (setq cursor-type ...).

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Juri Linkov
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