Subject: Re: bug#7412: 24.0.50 and 23.2.*; Cursor disappears over embedded images in recent --with-ns emacs

From: Alan Third <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 16:19:58 +0100

ken manheimer <[email-masked]> writes:

> In recent emacs (23.* and 24.0) on Mac OS X snow leopard, built using
> "./configure --with-ns", the text cursor disappears when it is over
> embedded images.
>
> To reproduce the problem, substitute a path to the frown.xpm on your
> system in the following and evaluate it:
>
> (insert-image
>   (create-image "/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1.90/etc/images/smilies/frown.xpm"
>   'xpm))
>
> Then move the cursor over the resulting frown smilie, and all traces of
> the cursor will disappear.  The cursor will reappear if you move it off
> of the frownie.

Sorry it's taken so long for someone to respond. I can't reproduce this
in Emacs 25. Can you confirm whether it's still a problem?

Thanks!
-- 
Alan Third