Option to disable i-beam mouse cursor and use default arrow cursor instead

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This would be a great accessibility improvement for me.  The i-beam cursor is 
much harder to notice or locate on the screen than the default arrow cursor.  

(Also, there's the abstract argument: changing the mouse cursor shape based on 
screen context could be useful in an application which has several screen 
contexts, but mintty is not such an application.  It only displays monospaced 
text, and doesn't even support making a text place selection between two 
characters in that text, as it is suggested by the shape of the i-beam cursor.)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by andr...@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2010 at 2:51

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Rejected, because:

- The I beam doesn't indicate being able to place the cursor, but being able to 
select text.
- It is context-sensitive: it changes to an arrow if application mouse mode is 
enabled (where clicks are reported to the application instead of selecting 
text).
- Other programs displaying selectable read-only text also use the I beam, e.g. 
web browsers or Acrobat Reader. So do the terminals in GNOME and KDE.
- You can change the text selection pointer on the Pointers page of the Mouse 
control panel. Among the options are various bigger and thicker I beams.

(Btw, if you enable 'Clicks place command line cursor' on the Mouse page of 
mintty's options dialog, you can in fact place the cursor with the mouse.)

Original comment by andy.koppe on 5 Nov 2010 at 5:12

• Changed state: Rejected

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I'm sorry to hear that. BTW, I didn't expect you to consider the abstract 
argument, that's why I called it abstract and put it in parentheses.  I'd like 
to have the option simply because of the accessibility aspect.

Original comment by andr...@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2010 at 8:16

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... which is already addressed by the option in the global Mouse control panel, 
and in a more flexible way too.

Original comment by andy.koppe on 5 Nov 2010 at 9:18