Re: Cursor not redrawn

[Jan D.]

> "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs/address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > This is probably the kind of thing that depends on the window-manager,
> > but here it goes anyway:
> >
> >    emacs -q --no-site-file
> >    M-x blink-cursor-mode RET    ; to turn it off
> >    cover part of the Emacs window (including the cursor) with an xterm
> >      (or any other X window you have nearby ;-)
> >    move the mouse back to the Emacs window and click on the decoration
> >    to raise it, making the cursor visible again.
> >
> > Well it turns out the cursor is not visible (not drawn).
> > It will only be redrawn after you move the mouse out-of the Emacs window.

Can you tell me what WM you are running, and if you have click-to-focus
or focus-follows-mouse?  Also, what X version of Emacs?
Can you try with another WM?

> Yep.  For me, the cursor is not draw/visible either after raising the
> Emacs window by a mouse click on the decoration.  (I use Window Maker
> 0.80 and Emacs compiled with LessTif 0.93.18.)  However, to get the
> cursor back again, moving the mouse out of the Emacs window does not
> help.  Clicking inside the Emacs window does make the cursor visible
> again.

You probably have click-to-focus and Stefan has focus-follows-mouse.

        Jan D.