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List:       exmh-workers
Subject:    Re: Argh! Bitten by a hard-coded....
From:       Brent Welch <welch () scriptics ! com>
Date:       1999-04-16 18:18:01
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The HTML code came from another package that was less "resource aware".
The msgShow cusor has to do with saving/restoring the cursor from
hourglass to the default.

>>>Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu said:

 > Now, obviously, once upon a time, we believed in allowing users to
 > set word wrapping, because in lib/app-defaults, we ship this:
 > 
 > *Text.wrap:                             word
 > 
 > Now, me being the hacker I am, installed the horizontal scrollbar patch,
 > and then set '*Text.wrap: none'.  Works *really* slick.
 > 
 > Now witness line 149 of lib/html_dpackage.tcl:
 > 
 >     $win configure -wrap word
 > 
 > Kiss that 'wrap: none' goodbye first time you display a text/html.
 > 
 > Also - we document that you can set the color of the various cursors
 > by putting stuff in .exmh-defaults like this:
 > 
 > *Ftoc*Text.cursor:              hand2 red black
 > *Text.cursor:                   xterm red black
 > 
 > (why 'red black'? My vision isn't that good, and the red is easier to
 > find against the light-blue motif I use).
 > 
 > Meanwhile, down in msgShow.tcl, near line 147, we see this:
 > 
 > 	   $win config -cursor xterm
 > 
 > Hmm.. I think this needs to be generalized to the variable we set..
 > 
 > I'd provide a patch, but 3 guys are waiting for me for lunch. ;)
 > 
 > /Valdis
 > 
 > 
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 > 
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--	Brent Welch	<welch@scriptics.com>
	http://www.scriptics.com
	Scriptics: The Tcl Platform Company



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