From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Nested sit-for's Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:42:35 -0400 Message-ID: <873bbv56hw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87y7tp90i1.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87hd0bjvoi.fsf@furball.mit.edu> <87veorjn15.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1155854503 9267 80.91.229.2 (17 Aug 2006 22:41:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:41:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 18 00:41:36 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GDqYN-0004t0-2s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:41:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GDqYM-0003yV-JP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:41:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GDqYB-0003yN-QM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:41:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GDqYA-0003y7-Bi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:41:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GDqYA-0003y4-9U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:41:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [18.19.1.138] (helo=cyd) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GDqei-00044e-E0; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:48:04 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 213074ECD5; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:42:35 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-Reply-To: (Kim F. Storm's message of "Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:28:09 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:58482 Archived-At: >>> I don't know if it is related, but from time to time (at least a few >>> times daily), the cursor disappears, and doesn't return until I >>> do "something" (e.g. click the mouse or type a key). >>> >>> I use blinking cursor, but when this happens, it typically seems to >>> happen immediately after some event that updates part of the screen >>> (like buffer switching), i.e. not as an effect of first showing the >>> cursor and then "blinking it off". Another possible thing to check is whether the cursor is simply not being drawn, or simply not being updated. Maybe this might help? (setq blink-cursor-alist (list (cons t 'hollow)))