Re: Artifacts on the fringes

["Alex Bennée" <kernel-hacker@bennee.com>]

ofv@wanadoo.es writes:

> After using Emacs for some minutes, characters on the fringes are not
> always removed when they should. For instance, on Gnus an arrowhead is
> displayed on the left fringe to indicate the current article on the
> summary list; pressing `n' moves you to the next article and a new
> arrowhead is displayed on the line below, but the old arrowhead is not
> deleted. It is happening right now while I type this message: when a
> line grows too long, it is wrapped and the indicators are shown on each
> fringe; filling the paragraph (M-q) splits the long line but the
> indicators stay.
>
> Covering and uncovering the Emacs frame with some other application's
> window (i.e. forcing a repaint) makes the stale characters go away from
> the affected area.
<snip>

What WM manager are you using?

I'm seeing the same effect (with flycheck fringe elements) which
disappear if I focus on another window and then back in i3. It looks as
the a redraw event is not getting done.

-- 
Alex Bennée