bug#30994: closed (27.0.50; Cursor doesn't blink (X window system))

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> 27.0.50; Cursor doesn't blink (X window system)
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> Fri, 30 Mar 2018 05:31:20 +0200
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> Hello,
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> I start emacs -Q (under openbox in X on Debian if it matters), and I get
> an Emacs where the cursor doesn't blink.  Thankfully only on master but
> not with an emacs-26 build.
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> The problem is simply that `blink-cursor-mode' is not turned on when
> starting, but I can successfully enable it.
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> The reason is that at the moment the :init-value expression of
> `blink-cursor-mode' is evaluated, `window-system' is bound to nil,
> i.e. when installing the following:
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> >From befd2667396125748d6e9e0e15c5fc38f7846082 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 04:25:00 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] WIP: test no-blinking-cursor
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>  lisp/frame.el | 10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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> diff --git a/lisp/frame.el b/lisp/frame.el
> index fbf2f6e773..b07e2800ba 100644
> --- a/lisp/frame.el
> +++ b/lisp/frame.el
> @@ -2357,10 +2357,12 @@ blink-cursor-mode
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>  This command is effective only on graphical frames.  On text-only
>  terminals, cursor blinking is controlled by the terminal."
> -  :init-value (not (or noninteractive
> -                      no-blinking-cursor
> -                      (eq system-type 'ms-dos)
> -                      (not (memq window-system '(x w32 ns)))))
> +  :init-value (progn
> +                (message "window-system: %S" window-system)
> +                (not (or noninteractive
> +                        no-blinking-cursor
> +                        (eq system-type 'ms-dos)
> +                         (not (memq window-system '(x w32 ns))))))
>    :initialize 'custom-initialize-delay
>    :group 'cursor
>    :global t
> -- 
> 2.16.2
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> I get a *Messages* buffer like
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> | window-system: nil
> | For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
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> After starting up,
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> window-system
>    ==> x
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> as expected.
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> Thanks,
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> Michael.
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> In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 5, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.29)
>  of 2018-03-30 built on drachen
> Repository revision: befd2667396125748d6e9e0e15c5fc38f7846082
> Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11906000
> System Description: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid
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> Re: bug#30994: 27.0.50; Cursor doesn't blink (X window system)
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> Sun, 23 Aug 2020 07:59:29 -0400
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> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
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> > I don't think so, but we should probably close this bug anyway, and
> > leave the rest for another day/bug.
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> Thanks, I'm therefore closing this bug report.
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