frame-parameter / cursor color handling on w32

[Alex Schroeder]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-msvc-nt5.0.2195)
 of 2002-03-19 on buffy
configured using `configure --with-msvc (12.00)'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: DES
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:



Anybody else using color-theme.el on Win32?  If you do, try
color-theme-robin-hood in your .emacs file.  The cursor is supposed to
be gray.  On my X at home, it works.  With Emacs 20 on W32 it works.
With Emacs 21 on W32 it no longer works:  The cursor is black on the
first frame only.  On latter frames, the cursor is gray.

Does Emacs 21 differ between X and W32 when it comes to handling
default-frame-alist or the default face?  I had a similar hunch a long
time ago, but haven't thought about it in a long time.

I have not been able to reduce this to a short code example, but I'll
try for a bit more.

Alex.


Recent input:
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> o s e SPC o e v 
e <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> v e r l a y s 
SPC a s SPC n i v e <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> s t r u c t u r e d SPC a s SPC w i t h 
SPC l i s t - t e x t - p r o p e r t i e s - a t l 
<backspace> ) l <backspace> . M-q <down> <down> <down> 
<up> <up> <return> <return> <up> <backspace> <backspace> 
C-c C-c <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <escape> x <up> <
return>

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