Subject: bug#13011: 24.2; Text flickering moving cursor with box around text enabled

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:01:19 -0500

> For the rest of the bug I'm awaiting the decision wrt how to treat
> vertical box borders whose width is negative.

I think the suggestion to support a new box width specification of the
form (WIDTH . HEIGHT) is the best option.  So for backward
compatibility -N will mean (N . -N) and if someone wants "all inside, no
flicker" she can use (-N . -N).

        Stefan