Re: Emacs flickers periodically

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 13:51:37 +0300
> 
> On 6/17/17 1:48 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Actually, Emacs flickers on a TTY more frequently than in GUI frames,
> > because certain changes on display require that the entire TTY frame
> > be redrawn.
> 
> Couldn't that actually be beneficial?

Beneficial in what sense?  Users are generally annoyed by flickering,
especially when most or all of the display doesn't change.

> As long as it's never redrawn in an inconsistent state.

AFAIK, Emacs never redraws display in inconsistent state (barring
bugs, of course).