bug#2198: 23.0.90; menu tooltip and pane glitches

[Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>]

"Marshall, Simon" <Simon.Marshall@misys.com> writes:

>>>> Do you still see this with the latest Emacs release?
>>>> I have not noticed it, but do not use Motif/Solaris.
>>>
>>> Yes, I can with a bit of trying, with 24.0.90 configured like this:
>>
>> What is "a bit of trying"?
>
> Left click and hold on a menu and then move the mouse around over menus
> and menu entries until a tooltip doesn't disappear.  It took a few
> minutes of trying.
>
>> I can't reproduce on GNU/Linux with Motif, so it might be a Solaris
>> thing.  There seems to be a redrawing error, or that Emacs does not
> get
>> expose events as it should.  Hard to say if the tooltips aren't being
>> popped down or if they are but the redrawing under them does not
> happen.
>>
>> I think it is the latter.
>
> If it's any help, see the attachment.  In this case, the dark gray
> highlighting of the second menu entry has not been redrawn where the
> tooltip for the first menu entry once was (and correctly popped down).
> For me, this is easier to reproduce that the bug I actually reported.
>
> Also of possible significance, I can't reproduce on GNU/Linux with GTK+
> (I don't have Motif on my old RHEL box) displaying on the same X server.
> It's also worth repeating that I'm using Exceed (Windowing system
> distributor `Hummingbird Ltd.', version 11.0.100015) running on WinXP.
> The problem might be one or both of Sol/Motif and WinXP/Exceed.

(That was 9 years ago.)

Are you still seeing this on a modern version of Emacs, such as the
recently released Emacs 27.1?

Thanks.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas