Subject: bug#1867: Resizing window causes text flickering when using antialiased font on X

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:29:19 +0200

> Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:34:45 +0200
> From: Jan Djärv <[email-masked]>
> CC: [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked]
> 
> > So even when antialiased fonts are used, I wouldn't expect any
> > flickering, because Emacs should notice that the window didn't change
> > at all.  Unless, that is, redrawing the cursor on X involves redrawing
> > parts of the window text.  Does it?
> 
> Yes, but just the character under the cursor.

And could redrawing a single character under the cursor cause
flickering with antialiased fonts?