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Mention cursor-type support on MS-DOS terminals.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sun, 12 Mar 2000 12:34:48 +0000
parents 3e652235df91
children 087d75357c03
files etc/NEWS
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/etc/NEWS	Sun Mar 12 12:33:59 2000 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Sun Mar 12 12:34:48 2000 +0000
@@ -2662,6 +2662,13 @@
 
 Likewise, an attempt to split a fixed-height window vertically,
 or a fixed-width window horizontally results in a error.
+
+** The cursor-type frame parameter is now supported on MS-DOS
+terminals.  When Emacs starts, it by default changes the cursor shape
+to a solid box, as it does on Unix.  The `cursor-type' frame parameter
+overrides this as it does on Unix, except that the bar cursor is
+horizontal rather than vertical (since the MS-DOS display doesn't
+support a vertical-bar cursor).
 ^L
 * Emacs 20.5 is a bug-fix release with no user-visible changes.