GNU bug report logs - #32032
26.1; MobaXterm X server + double buffering causes blank window

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: gnu_lists <at> halloleo.hailmail.net

Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 05:38:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.1

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: gnu_lists <at> halloleo.hailmail.net, 32032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32032: 26.1; Emacs 26 opens under X with blank window
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 21:53:19 +0300

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  32032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 11:20:15 +0200
> 
> >> Try disabling double-buffering (etc/NEWS describes how to do that).
> >
> > Thanks Eli. That works. :-)
> >  
> > Any way to *build* Emacs so that  it disables by default double-buffering?
> 
> It doesnʼt look that way, if configure finds the Xdbe extension Emacs
> uses it. You could add
> 
> '(inhibit-double-buffering . t)
> 
> to default-frame-alist, or uninstall the Xdbe.h header.

Given that there are known bugs with this feature that no one is
working on, perhaps we should introduce an optional configure switch
to build without double-buffering.
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