From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from re-prd-fep-044.btinternet.com (mailomta22-re.btinternet.com [213.120.69.115]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69BB33857C71 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 14:15:46 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 69BB33857C71 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=dronecode.org.uk Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk Received: from re-prd-rgout-004.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net ([10.2.54.7]) by re-prd-fep-044.btinternet.com with ESMTP id <20210411141545.DUAX23698.re-prd-fep-044.btinternet.com@re-prd-rgout-004.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net>; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 15:15:45 +0100 Authentication-Results: btinternet.com; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=jonturney@btinternet.com X-SNCR-Rigid: 5ED9C5062E6ED5F7 X-Originating-IP: [81.153.98.246] X-OWM-Source-IP: 81.153.98.246 (GB) X-OWM-Env-Sender: jonturney@btinternet.com X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=0/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrudekhedgtdegucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuueftkffvkffujffvgffngfevqffopdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddunecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenucfjughrpefuvfhfhffkffgfgggjtgfgsehtjeertddtfeejnecuhfhrohhmpeflohhnucfvuhhrnhgvhicuoehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpefhjeekteffvdeglefgteegfeektdegffevfeehffduffejteffvefgiefgjefggfenucffohhmrghinhepshhouhhrtggvfigrrhgvrdhorhhgnecukfhppeekuddrudehfedrleekrddvgeeinecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheplgduledvrdduieekrddurdduuddungdpihhnvghtpeekuddrudehfedrleekrddvgeeipdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkqecuuefqffgjpeekuefkvffokffogfdprhgtphhtthhopeeotgihghifihhnsegthihgfihinhdrtghomheqpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtohifohesthhofihordhnvghtqe X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean Received: from [192.168.1.111] (81.153.98.246) by re-prd-rgout-004.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net (5.8.340) (authenticated as jonturney@btinternet.com) id 5ED9C5062E6ED5F7; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 15:15:45 +0100 Subject: Re: X11 blinking cursor in text window like 'gvim' - only halts if moved-over another X11-win To: Thomas Wolff , The Cygwin Mailing List References: <606CFC89.6030700@tlinx.org> <3a23e83c-670b-c599-b77b-18074dadf42e@dronecode.org.uk> <8decadb9-7616-d25e-0596-d82b8610daa8@towo.net> From: Jon Turney Message-ID: <13900a04-8867-850d-f6b9-4883c9fb9d50@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 15:14:54 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8decadb9-7616-d25e-0596-d82b8610daa8@towo.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3570.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, FORGED_SPF_HELO, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 14:15:48 -0000 On 09/04/2021 16:12, Thomas Wolff wrote: > >> See [1] et seq. for a discussion of what I think is the same problem, >> where the Cygwin X server doesn't notify X windows of a focus loss >> when the focus moves to a non-X window. > Hmm, when I start xterm -bc and click out of xterm (e.g. mintty or > Thunderbird), the cursor stops blinking for me. If you read [1], you'll see that mentions this behaviour is only seen with some X clients, and xterm is explicitly mentioned as one for which it works correctly. (I think perhaps the problem is with X clients which implement the WM_TAKE_FOCUS protocol, but I don't seem to have made that connection in my contemporaneous notes, so perhaps it's more complex than that) >> Unfortunately, my attempts at fixing this just introduced more >> problems (see [2],[3] et seq.), and so were reverted. >> >> [1] https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/cygwin/2017-04/msg00168.html >> [2] https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/cygwin/2017-04/msg00278.html >> [3] https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin/2017-May/232564.html