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Subject: Re: display time oddity at start up, feature?
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From: Jens Lautenbacher <jens@metrix.de>
Date: 06 Apr 1997 16:23:03 +0200
In-Reply-To: David Moore's message of 05 Apr 1997 22:46:16 -0700
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David Moore <dmoore@ucsd.edu> writes:

> Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com> writes:
> 
> > I've noticed some flickering (it goes by very fast on my
> > machine) in the mode-line and finally managed to hit `kill -STOP' fast
> > enough to catch it in the act.
> 
> I've seen the same thing, but I'm loading over a slip line, so the "test 
> pattern" mode line stays up for about a minute while the various toolbar 
> icons download.
> 
> I use:
> 
> (setq
>  display-time-day-and-date	nil
>  display-time-interval		30
>  display-time-show-load		nil      ; no longer used
>  display-time-ignore-read-mail	nil
>  )
> (display-time)
> 
> I guess it looks semi-intentional, to get around the earlier reported
> bug of misdisplays when new images had to be loaded?

Correct. All the glyphs need to be displayed at least once, else you
get the following problem (NOTE: my balloon-help background is set to 
yellow):

Start xemacs, you see you have some mail, put the cursor over the mail 
icon and wait till the balloon frame pops up. Now wait until the time
display changes with the balloon frame still open 

---> You get some nice yellow background for the newly appeared (not
displayed before) digit. (without loose of generality I assume that
the next minutes glyph wasn't used in the hours or minutes before.)

The same holds for a changing load icon.

I would be glad if anyone can tell me a way how to /not/ use this hack.

    jtl

