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bug#22574: 24.5; Mouse pointer border color is set to `Emacs.background`
From: |
Basil L. Contovounesios |
Subject: |
bug#22574: 24.5; Mouse pointer border color is set to `Emacs.background` value defined in ~/.Xresources |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:08:08 +0000 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Michal Rus <m@michalrus.com> writes:
>
>> 1. $ printf 'Emacs.background: #ff0000\nEmacs.pointerColor: #00ff00\n'
>>> ~/.Xresources
>>
>> 2. $ emacs
>>
>> 3. Evaluate: (set-background-color "blue")
>>
>> 4. The pointer border is red…
>>
>> There seems to be no .Xresources setting to change the border. Other
>> applications use *pointerColor2 or *pointerColorBackground to define
>> this color.
>
> Sounds like a good idea, but when testing this stuff out, I can't really
> find that Emacs reacts to pointerColor at all. I've tried different
> toolkits, but the pointer stubbornly is black with a white outline no
> matter what I do. The -mc parameter has no effect for me, either.
>
> Anybody know what's going on? Perhaps Gnome Shell is overriding the
> colours somehow?
Are you remembering to override / merge into the current database the
modified ~/.Xresources settings?
$ xrdb ~/.Xresources # replace current settings
$ xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources # merge with current settings
Thanks,
--
Basil
- bug#22574: 24.5; Mouse pointer border color is set to `Emacs.background` value defined in ~/.Xresources,
Basil L. Contovounesios <=