bug#6609: 23.2; Cursor becomes invisible when put over some faces

[Deniz Dogan]

2010/7/11 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>:
>> From: Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:13:13 +0200
>> Cc: 6609@debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>> > What does Emacs show if you type "M-x describe-face RET cursor RET"?
>> >
>>
>> Face: cursor (sample) (customize this face)
>>
>> Documentation:
>> Basic face for the cursor color under X.
>> Note: Other faces cannot inherit from the cursor face.
>>
>> Defined in `faces.el'.
>>
>>         Family: unspecified
>>        Foundry: unspecified
>>          Width: unspecified
>>         Height: unspecified
>>         Weight: unspecified
>>          Slant: unspecified
>>     Foreground: unspecified
>>     Background: unspecified
>
> What happens if you evaluate this:
>
>  (set-face-background 'cursor "black")
>

It returns nil and doesn't seem to have any effect on the problem I'm having.

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Deniz Dogan