GNU bug report logs - #25474
26.0.50; Buffer content invisible over remote display (SecureCRT + VcXsrv) when double buffering enabled

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
Cc: 25474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25474: 26.0.50; Buffer content invisible
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 20:30:28 +0200

> From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
> Cc: <25474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 09:24:47 -0800
> 
> The cursor does not appear. If I click in the buffer area the cut and copy
> icons highlight while the mouse is down.
> 
> "emacs -Q -bg blue -fg red" produces a blue background for the buffer but no
> text appears in red when I type.
> 
> "emacs -Q -fn 8x12" reports "Font '8x12' is not defined". However, I checked
> my .Xdefaults and it specifies "emacs*font" as "9x15". Using "9x15" instead
> of "8x12" the window opens with the blank buffer area.

Can you reconfigure with --enable-checking='yes,glyphs', rebuild, and
then invoke "M-x dump-glyph-matrix RET" after starting Emacs from the
shell command line?  Please tell what does that show in the shell
window.

Thanks.

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