GNU bug report logs - #30994
27.0.50; Cursor doesn't blink (X window system)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>

Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 03:32:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 45857

Found in versions 27.0.50, 28.0.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 30994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 30994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30994: 27.0.50; Cursor doesn't blink (X window system)
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2018 11:06:09 +0300
> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de,  30994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:04:33 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >> I guess (without testing) that this is due to 2db57579b0 moving
> >> custom-reevaluate-setting before the window setup.
> >
> > Can we fix that by calling custom-reevaluate-setting one more time
> > after the window setup?
> 
> I don't know. It seems ugly to call it twice, but perhaps it works.

We already do such things with other features.  Sometimes it's
necessary.

> I guess that it would clobber "early init" settings made outside the
> customize mechanism, but I haven't looked at how this new init file is
> supposed to work.

Another idea is to define a function that would re-evaluate only
certain specific defcustoms, then add that function to
after-init-hook.  But that is more problematic, because maintaining
the list of defcustoms which need this is a maintenance burden.




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