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From: matt@saber.COM
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  phantom xterm text cursors
Message-ID: <9106121728.AA24892@rapier>
Date: 12 Jun 91 17:28:51 GMT
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> OpenWindows 2.0, SunOS 4.1.1, MIT X11R4 Patch 18 xterm
> 
> When I have a xterm on the screen, I get an increasing number
> of 'no-focus' type text cursors.

Yup, this is a common problem.  I've never figured out how to get around
it, but if you start your xterms with the -ah flag, xterm won't try to 
use the hollow cursor when it loses focus, and you won't see the phantom
cursors all over the screen.