Bug#581653: xterm: please add pointerMode change to NEWS.Debian file

[Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>]

Package: xterm
Version: 258-1
Severity: wishlist

Previously (through Lenny) the default XTerm pointerMode was

       pointerMode (class PointerMode)
               Specifies when the pointer may be hidden as the user types.  It
               will be redisplayed if the user moves the mouse, or clicks  one
               of its buttons.
               0  never.  This is the default.
               1  the application running in xterm has not activated mouse
                  mode.
               2  always.

This has changed in Squeeze.  And it is quite a user visible change.

               0  never
               1  the application running in xterm has not activated mouse
                  mode.  This is the default.
               2  always.

Since it was such a visible change I know I immediately went looking
for it in a NEWS entry to find how to control this behavior.  Of
course it is documented in the man page but it would have been nice if
this information could have been and found more easily in a NEWS.Debian
file.  Let me suggest the following as some place to start.

  The default value for 'pointerMode' has changed.  'pointerMode'
  specifies when the pointer may be hidden as the user types.  It will
  be redisplayed if the user moves the mouse, or clicks one of its
  buttons.  Previously the default value was "0" meaning never hide the
  pointer.  The default is now "1" meaning hide the pointer after the
  user has typed, if the xterm has not activated mouse mode.  To
  restore the previous behavior set the X resource XTerm*pointerMode
  to "0".  (e.g. XTerm*pointerMode:0)

Thanks,
Bob