Hi Thomas, On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 20:18:54 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> lenny according to http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=xterm > is xterm patch #235. > > I added the pointerMode resource in #232, with the same default resource > setting as it has now. Before #232, there was no resource setting. > The feature for hiding the cursor was introduced in #230, which is > still before lenny. The change in #230 attempted to "always" hide the > pointer, while of course before #230, it "never" hid the pointer. > > The change in #232 was made overridable in the packed, since I used an > #ifndef. > But I don't recall any packager overriding this feature. > The default value was overridden in Debian from #232 to #248, which set DEF_POINTER_MODE=pNever (and patched the manpage accordingly). There had been a number of bug reports of annoyed users after the cursor hiding was introduced in #230, so at first I decided to get back to the pre-#230 behaviour. In #249 I reverted this to use the upstream default again, and haven't seen anyone complaining IIRC. Cheers, Julien
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