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25.1.50; After losing focus, cursor is hidden when moving point

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 24372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24372: 25.1.50; After losing focus, cursor is hidden when moving point
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 09:15:49 +0000

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Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> schrieb am Sa., 10. Sep. 2016 um 09:21 Uhr:

> > From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:18:12 +0000
> > Cc: 24372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> >  A simpler recipe that doesn't need explicit focus events is
> >
> >  emacs -Q -eval '(progn (setq blink-cursor-delay 0.0)
> (blink-cursor-suspend) (blink-cursor-check))'
> >
> >  and then start moving point.
> >
> > OK, I guess one issue is that setting blink-cursor-delay doesn't restart
> blink-cursor-idle-timer. (Similarly,
> > changing blink-cursor-interval doesn't restart blink-cursor-timer.)
> While obviously we can't fix that when using
> > setq, I'd suggest adding custom setters to the variables nevertheless.
>

I've attached a patch for this. It shouldn't be controversial because it
only reduces the possibility for surprises, but doesn't change any behavior.


> >
> > The direct cause of the issue seems to be that, when blink-cursor-delay
> is idle, after every command
> > blink-cursor-start is called immediately, which hides the cursor.
>
> Thanks.  Does the patch below fix the issue, without introducing any
> adverse side effects?
>
>
It does introduce the adverse side effect that now the first blink takes
one second (the sum of cursor-blink-delay and cursor-blink-interval). I've
attached another patch with the change I have in mind.

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[0001-Avoid-hiding-the-blinking-cursor-too-fast.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

[0001-Restart-blink-cursor-timers-on-interval-changes.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

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