From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20285: 25.0.50; blink-cursor-mode sometimes stops blinking Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 09:25:39 +0300 Message-ID: <83h9snrxjw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <8761954apb.fsf@gnu.org> <831tjtfijq.fsf@gnu.org> <83zj6he14h.fsf@gnu.org> <87wq1kmnmh.fsf@gnu.org> <83d23cv2hj.fsf@gnu.org> <87sic8miwb.fsf@gnu.org> <83h9sotasm.fsf@gnu.org> <877ftkm8he.fsf@gnu.org> <83a8ygt8g5.fsf@gnu.org> <87y4m0kr53.fsf@gnu.org> <836193ubwu.fsf@gnu.org> <874monemf7.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1428733582 5243 80.91.229.3 (11 Apr 2015 06:26:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 06:26:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20285@debbugs.gnu.org To: Tassilo Horn Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 11 08:26:11 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygorp-0007L9-TJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 08:26:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41953 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygorp-0003WN-3A for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 02:26:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36249) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygorm-0003WI-Aa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 02:26:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygorj-0001GM-4F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 02:26:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34790) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygorj-0001G4-0x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 02:26:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygori-0002Uc-5g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 02:26:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 06:26:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20285 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20285-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20285.14287335539565 (code B ref 20285); Sat, 11 Apr 2015 06:26:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20285) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Apr 2015 06:25:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52799 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YgorV-0002U9-69 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 02:25:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:54962) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YgorQ-0002Ts-H8 for 20285@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 02:25:46 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NMM00K00PDSP600@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for 20285@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 09:25:37 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NMM00KTXPUPM050@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 09:25:37 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <874monemf7.fsf@gnu.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:101404 Archived-At: > From: Tassilo Horn > Cc: 20285@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 22:52:12 +0200 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> > Maybe we should have a mechanism to force redisplay once in a while > >> > even if Emacs has something to do, and blink-cursor-mode could then > >> > activate that mechanism. > >> > >> I can't read your brain but wouldn't it be possible (but unlikely) > >> that this mechanism always forces a redisplay when the cursor is in > >> the invisible state? > > > > Not if the time interval is chosen as to make the probability of this > > low enough. > > Yes, but what if different things request different redisplay intervals? > E.g., `blink-cursor-mode' requests an interval of 1.25, and some other > thing requests an interval of 1.0? 1.0 is a bad interval for b-c-m's > sake, so that mechanism can't just use the shortest interval. Yes, the shortest interval is indeed not the best policy. But it's not the only one that we could use, I think.