tag 581653 pending kthxbye On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:14:22 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Previously (through Lenny) the default XTerm pointerMode was > > pointerMode (class PointerMode) > Specifies when the pointer may be hidden as the user types. It > will be redisplayed if the user moves the mouse, or clicks one > of its buttons. > 0 never. This is the default. > 1 the application running in xterm has not activated mouse > mode. > 2 always. > > This has changed in Squeeze. And it is quite a user visible change. > > 0 never > 1 the application running in xterm has not activated mouse > mode. This is the default. > 2 always. > > Since it was such a visible change I know I immediately went looking > for it in a NEWS entry to find how to control this behavior. Of > course it is documented in the man page but it would have been nice if > this information could have been and found more easily in a NEWS.Debian > file. Let me suggest the following as some place to start. > > The default value for 'pointerMode' has changed. 'pointerMode' > specifies when the pointer may be hidden as the user types. It will > be redisplayed if the user moves the mouse, or clicks one of its > buttons. Previously the default value was "0" meaning never hide the > pointer. The default is now "1" meaning hide the pointer after the > user has typed, if the xterm has not activated mouse mode. To > restore the previous behavior set the X resource XTerm*pointerMode > to "0". (e.g. XTerm*pointerMode:0) > Thanks, the next upload will include this news entry. Cheers, Julien
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