Re: [h-e-w] Problem displaying different cursor types in Emacs 22

[Jason Rumney]

Lennart Borgman (gmail) wrote:
> Nicholas Sandow wrote:
>
> > However, I believe I've solved my problem.
> >
> > The short version is that, when Windows Narrator is running, the 
> > Emacs 22 cursor becomes a 1-pixel wide vertical bar, and Emacs 22 has 
> > no control over it.  Emacs 21 doesn't seem to behave like this.  At 
> > least, that's what seems to happen on this machine.
> >
> > I had a suspicion it would be some sort of Windows setting giving me 
> > grief, because as I noted before, this bar cursor problem wasn't 
> > evident on the other Windows XP machines I tried.  I don't use 
> > narrator, but for some reason it was "running" without showing the 
> > normal dialog box or making any sounds which might have alerted me to 
> > its presence.  Anyhow, problem solved.
>
>
>
> Please use Help - Send Bug Report in Emacs to report this.

It's not a bug. Windows Narrator and programs like it require the 
standard Windows cursor (as used in Notepad and other programs) to be 
able to work with Emacs. So the standard Windows cursor is displayed 
when they are active instead of Emacs own more configurable cursor.