bug#19925: 25.0.50; mouseover menu items takes up to 30sec to show the proper tooltip or message

[Drew Adams]

> > > > 2. Make the default value of `blink-cursor-blinks' be 0, at least
> > > >    on the platforms that present this defect.
> > >
> > > I don't see any chance for this suggestion to be accepted, what with
> > > the current trend towards laptops and saving battery power (which were
> > > the main motivation behind the default behavior of stopping the
> > > blinking after a few blinks).
> >
> > How about as a user choice (option)?
>
> blink-cursor-blinks is a defcustom, so the user option already exists.
> Or maybe I don't understand what do you mean by "user option".

Ignore, please.

> > > The default behavior is now (almost) fixed on the emacs-24 branch.  I
> > > say "almost" because there are still a couple of subtle issues:
> > >
> > >  . disabling blink-cursor-mode brings the problem back again
> > >  . dropping a menu when the cursor already stopped blinking shows the
> > >    problem (because clicking to drop a menu doesn't count as an input
> > >    event on w32, and so the cursor doesn't resume blinking)
> > >  . the "solution" is really a band-aid, and I hope a better solution
> > >    will be found eventually
> >
> > When this has all been taken care of, as best we (you) can, is there
> > a user option that should be added or enhanced, to give users control
> > over the possibilities?  Just wondering.
> 
> Again, I think we already have enough knobs there.

OK.