Re: Cursors: Is superimposing the same glyph a feature?

[Keith David Bershatsky <esq@lawlist.com>]

Thank you both.

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> Date: [02-16-2019 03:00:21] <16 Feb 2019 11:00:21 +0000>
> From: Alan Third <alan@idiocy.org>
> To: Keith David Bershatsky <esq@lawlist.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Cursors:  Is superimposing the same glyph a feature?
> 
> * * *
> 
> I can see it too. I'd never noticed. I doubt very much it's
> intentional.
> 
> It looks like the NS port does the wrong thing here. At the moment it
> redraws the glyph on top of the cursor as long as CURSOR_TYPE !=
> NO_CURSOR, but looking at an X build, it looks as though HBAR_CURSOR,
> for example, should cover the glyph.
> 
> So I reckon we should only redraw the glyph if the cursor is filled box or
> hollow box.
> 
> Patch attached.
> --
> Alan Third
> 
> [* 0001-Prevent-redrawing-the-glyph-on-top-of-bar-cursors.patch]