Re: mouse-face property and pointer property makes pointer change back and forth

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:51:42 -0300
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda@gmail.com>
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> I see the arrow, yes, when specifying the pointer property, and what you
> say explains it clearly.  But the problem is not with who wins (in my
> case, I do want the arrow winning, so that's fine).  The problem is
> with having to watch the battle :-).
> 
> I haven't tried this on MS-Windows, but here I see the back and forth
> change I described (the battle):

So you are saying that the problem is this: when blink-cursor-mode is
enabled, the mouse pointer changes from one shape to another and back
again, is that right?

If that is the problem, then I don't see it on Windows, either.  For
me, the mouse pointer becomes an arrow and stays an arrow, I never see
the hand shape, not once.

Cursor blinking triggers redisplay every 0.5 sec, which might explain
what you see, but we need to find the reason why the pointer shape
changes to and fro.

What is your Emacs configuration where you see this?  Which toolkit
and what Emacs version?  Can you show the data collected by
report-emacs-bug about your build and system?