Variable: void-text-area-pointer

void-text-area-pointer is a customizable variable defined in xdisp.c.

Value

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Documentation

The pointer shape to show in void text areas.

A value of nil means to show the text pointer. Other options are arrow, text, hand, vdrag, hdrag, nhdrag, modeline, and hourglass.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/xdisp.c
  DEFVAR_LISP ("void-text-area-pointer", Vvoid_text_area_pointer,
    doc: /* The pointer shape to show in void text areas.
A value of nil means to show the text pointer.  Other options are
`arrow', `text', `hand', `vdrag', `hdrag', `nhdrag', `modeline', and
`hourglass'.  */);