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29.0.50; Double-buffering on MS-Windows freezes cursor in minibuffer

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 29.0.50; Double-buffering on MS-Windows freezes cursor in minibuffer
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 12:49:12 +0300

The new double-buffering feature on MS-Windows causes unpleasant side
effect when the user types something into the minibuffer, then presses
RET to submit and exit the minibuffer.  Without double-buffering, the
cursor moves to the beginning of the minibuffer, thus providing visual
feedback that whatever the user typed was submitted.  With
double-buffering turned on, the cursor "freezes" in its last position,
at the end of the minibuffer text, until the command finishes and
redisplay does its job.  Which could be a tangible amount of time,
during which Emacs looks "frozen".

To reproduce:

  emacs -Q
  M-x blink-cursor-mode RET
  C-x C-f src/xdisp.c RET

Observe that the cursor is at the end of the file name until such time
as xdisp.c is displayed, which could be a second or two in a
non-optimized build of Emacs.

Can this be avoided, please, i.e. can we update the display after the
cursor is moved?


In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 952, i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2022-04-30 built on HOME-C4E4A596F7
Repository revision: 7b7a124afa0a71f4847ddc5a3934b02ab5d46d2c
Repository branch: master
Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
System Description: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 (v5.1.0.2600)

Configured using:
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Message #8 received at 55193 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 55193 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55193: 29.0.50; Double-buffering on MS-Windows freezes
 cursor in minibuffer
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 18:55:24 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The new double-buffering feature on MS-Windows causes unpleasant side
> effect when the user types something into the minibuffer, then presses
> RET to submit and exit the minibuffer.  Without double-buffering, the
> cursor moves to the beginning of the minibuffer, thus providing visual
> feedback that whatever the user typed was submitted.  With
> double-buffering turned on, the cursor "freezes" in its last position,
> at the end of the minibuffer text, until the command finishes and
> redisplay does its job.  Which could be a tangible amount of time,
> during which Emacs looks "frozen".
>
> To reproduce:
>
>   emacs -Q
>   M-x blink-cursor-mode RET
>   C-x C-f src/xdisp.c RET
>
> Observe that the cursor is at the end of the file name until such time
> as xdisp.c is displayed, which could be a second or two in a
> non-optimized build of Emacs.
>
> Can this be avoided, please, i.e. can we update the display after the
> cursor is moved?

Thanks, should be fixed now.

Message #13 received at 55193-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 55193-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55193: 29.0.50; Double-buffering on MS-Windows freezes
 cursor in minibuffer
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 14:07:39 +0300

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: 55193 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 18:55:24 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > The new double-buffering feature on MS-Windows causes unpleasant side
> > effect when the user types something into the minibuffer, then presses
> > RET to submit and exit the minibuffer.  Without double-buffering, the
> > cursor moves to the beginning of the minibuffer, thus providing visual
> > feedback that whatever the user typed was submitted.  With
> > double-buffering turned on, the cursor "freezes" in its last position,
> > at the end of the minibuffer text, until the command finishes and
> > redisplay does its job.  Which could be a tangible amount of time,
> > during which Emacs looks "frozen".
> >
> > To reproduce:
> >
> >   emacs -Q
> >   M-x blink-cursor-mode RET
> >   C-x C-f src/xdisp.c RET
> >
> > Observe that the cursor is at the end of the file name until such time
> > as xdisp.c is displayed, which could be a second or two in a
> > non-optimized build of Emacs.
> >
> > Can this be avoided, please, i.e. can we update the display after the
> > cursor is moved?
> 
> Thanks, should be fixed now.

Indeed, thanks.

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