Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!carolyn
From: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dmouse bug?
Message-ID: <3819@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 18 May 88 23:08:00 GMT
References: <9164@oberon.USC.EDU> <3813@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <3813@cbmvax.UUCP> carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS) writes:
>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.

Sorry - I take back my previous answer.  The stuff I said about what
Emacs does with the pointer is correct.  However, I just noticed
that with DMouse, my AmigaTerm pointer did blank out, and AmigaTerm
is another program that SetPointer()'s a color-swapped version of
the user's default pointer.

So I tried Emacs - and the pointer DID blank out for me.

I don't know why your pointer won't blank with Dmouse and Emacs...

When you say "cursor" you are talking about the Mouse cursor, right ?

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