Subject: Re: bug#64596: 30.0.50; On FIXME: in src/buffer.c:1481 (force-mode-line-update)

From: Ihor Radchenko <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:00:02 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

>> This does not help the confusion, unfortunately.
>> Or maybe the terms "redisplay" and "update" should be explained better
>> somewhere near the top of xdisp.c. They clearly have different meaning,
>> but not for untrained eye.
>
> "Update" is the general name of the 3rd step of "redisplay cycle".  It
> takes its name from the function which enters this step: update_frame.

May someone then detail these steps in the top commentary in xdisp.c +
highlight that redisplay term is generally used when deciding if we need
to update. And update is an actual process of putting desired matrix
onto the glass.

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