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29.0.50; pgtk startup: flashes white background before painting black

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: John Yates <john <at> yates-sheets.org>
Cc: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>, 53232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#53232: reopen 53232
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:24:50 +0100

John Yates <john <at> yates-sheets.org> writes:

> I originally reported this issue via email to emacs-devel.
> Stefan suggested that I try early-init.el and suggested
> that a bug report would be more appropriate.
>
> I attempted to use early-init.el without success and
> so set about to submit a bug report.
>
> My previous erroneous repro case
>
>     emacs -Q --eval '(set-background-color "#000000")'
>
> was an attempt to comply with the advice in the bug
> template which asks for a -Q repro.

Ah, I see.  OK, reopening.

> That said, the sub-optimal behavior is real:
>
> * early-init.el:
>
>     (custom-set-variables
>      '(default-frame-alist
>        '((fullscreen . maximized)
>          (background-color . "#000000")
>          (foreground-color . "#ffffff")))
>      '(inhibit-startup-screen t)
>     )
>
> * init.el:
>
>     [EMPTY]

I'm unable to reproduce this with or without pgtk -- Emacs doesn't flash
the default background colour on startup, as far as I can tell.  (This
is on Debian/bookworm with Gnome Shell, if that matters.)

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