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27.1; emacs -nw on Windows does not always update cursor position on screen

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 45042 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ed Avis <ed.avis <at> qmaw.com>
Subject: bug#45042: 27.1; emacs -nw on Windows does not always update cursor position on screen
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:16:15 +0100

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

>> Is there something Emacs can do to make sure the cursor
>> position on screen is always updated?
>
> Someone who has access to such systems will have debug the functions
> in w32console.c and see what isn't working in those cases.  As you can
> see, we just use SetConsoleCursorPosition, an API that is supposed to
> be agnostic to the terminal emulator running, as long as it emulates
> the w32 console well enough.
>
> Or maybe these terminal emulators set TERM to some value that dupes
> Emacs into incorrect operation?  If so, try unsetting TERM.

Ed, did you try unsetting TERM?

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