GNU bug report logs - #57434
28.1.91; Terminal Emacs Mac OS flickering.

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Message #193 received at 57434 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: kuragin <at> google.com, 57434 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57434: 28.1.91; Terminal Emacs Mac OS flickering.
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 08:45:54 +0200

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

> So we have 2 alternatives:
>
>   . declare that flickering on alacritty is currently a known problem,
>     and wait till Someone comes up with the proper solution for Emacs;
>   . add that variable I mentioned above, and let users try to fix the
>     problem with alacritty by flipping it.
>
> TBH, given your description, I'm no longer sure a simple boolean
> variable that disables insert/delete-line optimization will do, since
> the issue seems to be a much more general one.  How sure are we that
> some other scenario of redrawing a TTY frame won't cause similar
> flickering regardless of the insert/delete-line feature?

That's what I think, too.

Maybe Dmitrii is Someone :-).

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