Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!carolyn
From: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dmouse bug?
Message-ID: <3813@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 18 May 88 14:27:20 GMT
References: <9164@oberon.USC.EDU>
Reply-To: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <9164@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>Dmouse does not seem to work with Emacs from the Extras disk.  That is,
>the cursor never goes away.  The mouse colors are different when on
>the emacs window, so what does emacs do to get dmouse to foul up? (Andy?)

Emacs and some other programs do not use the default pointer as-is but
rather copy it, change the colors, and SetPointer() to it.

They do this because with their full-custom-screen backdrop window
(for 80 columns), there is no visible clue that their window is active
unless they have a different pointer for their window.  

Dmouse probably just acts on the default pointer.

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