No, the problem is during scrolling.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 9:03 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> From: Dmitrii Kuragin <kuragin@google.com>
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 07:38:48 -0700
> Cc: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>,
> 57434@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Do we actually need to redraw the whole line if we use relative numbers or we can just redraw the portion with
> line numbers?

We need to redraw only the parts that have actually changed.

But even with relative line numbers, the numbers only change if you
move the cursor vertically. I thought you've seen flickering even
when cursor doesn't move at all, and Emacs is completely idle. isn't
that so?

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