GNU bug report logs - #59320
29.0.50; (Windows) Cursor is invisble unless inhibit-double-buffer is t, and then it only appears as a single pixel line

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Message #32 received at 59320 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: kcbanner <at> gmail.com, 59320 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59320: Acknowledgement (29.0.50; (Windows) Cursor is
 invisble unless inhibit-double-buffer is t, and then it only appears as a
 single pixel line)
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 21:54:32 +0800

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

>> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
>> Cc: Casey Banner <kcbanner <at> gmail.com>,  59320 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 08:42:43 +0800
>> 
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> > So I guess we should disable double-buffering on Windows when system caret
>> > is in use?
>> 
>> I'd only do that if all else fails.  How does MS-Windows display the
>> system caret, and why can't it be made to work with double-buffering?
>
> I don't know the answer to the second part, but if you search the C sources
> for w32_use_visible_system_caret, you will probably see the answer right
> away (there aren't many hits).

Sure, I will give this a look in a bit (I don't have easy access to
Windows right now.)

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