GNU bug report logs - #13011
24.2; Text flickering moving cursor with box around text enabled

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: mario giovinazzo <mario.giovinazzo <at> virgilio.it>

Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:34:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Merged with 13130, 17612

Found in versions 24.2, 24.2.90, 24.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #50 received at 13011 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: mario.giovinazzo <at> virgilio.it, 13011 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#13011: 24.2;
	Text flickering moving cursor with box around text enabled
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:20:48 -0500

>> That I would be in favor of.  Simply changing the behavior/appearance
>> without user choice, I would be against.  Again, just one opinion,
>> of course.
> What about using thickness of zero for drawing a 1-pixel border inside
> of the character cell?

I'd first like to hear why Drew uses negative thickness (and yet
wants it to be positive horizontally).

Also that's a hack, I can totally imagine someone using a very
high-resolution screen with largish fonts (measured in pixels) wanting
a -3 thickness around his hl-line box.


        Stefan
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