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Doc suggestion for `cursor-type' in buffer.c
From: |
Ben North |
Subject: |
Doc suggestion for `cursor-type' in buffer.c |
Date: |
Fri, 7 Nov 2008 09:42:19 +0000 |
The docstring for the variable `cursor-type' ends with the text
When the buffer is displayed in a nonselected window,
this variable has no effect; the cursor appears as a hollow box.
which suggests the user has no control over the cursor when in a
non-selected window. In fact the user can control this, by means of the
variable `cursor-in-non-selected-windows'. Would a patch like the below
(made against CVS 1.571) clarify the docstring?
Ben.
diff -Nur ORIG/buffer.c NEW/buffer.c
--- ORIG/buffer.c 2008-11-07 09:28:13.621444300 +0000
+++ NEW/buffer.c 2008-11-07 09:32:17.647201000 +0000
@@ -6213,8 +6213,9 @@
(hbar . HEIGHT) display a horizontal bar cursor with height HEIGHT
ANYTHING ELSE display a hollow box cursor
-When the buffer is displayed in a nonselected window,
-this variable has no effect; the cursor appears as a hollow box. */);
+When the buffer is displayed in a nonselected window, the cursor's
+appearance is instead controlled by the variable
+`cursor-in-non-selected-windows'. */);
DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("line-spacing",
¤t_buffer->extra_line_spacing, Qnil,
- Doc suggestion for `cursor-type' in buffer.c,
Ben North <=