GNU bug report logs - #24372
25.1.50; After losing focus, cursor is hidden when moving point

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 19:17:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 24372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 24372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24372: 25.1.50;
 After losing focus, cursor is hidden when moving point
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:03:20 +0300
> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2016 21:16:40 +0200
> 
> emacs -Q -eval '(setq blink-cursor-delay 0.0)'
> 
> Move point around in the scratch buffer (e.g. press C-b a couple of
> times): the cursor stays visible, as it should be.  Then put the mouse
> focus on a different GTK window (not Emacs window), put the mouse focus
> back on Emacs, and move point again: the cursor is hidden, making it
> impossible to see until you stop moving.

Does it happen even if you wait with cursor motion until after the
cursor blinks one time, i.e. if you start moving point with the cursor
already visible after Emacs gets focus?




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