Holger Schauer <schauer(a)coling.uni-freiburg.de> writes:
My conclusion is that XEmacs should use the default colors and
nothing else.
On an 8bit display, yes. But if there is a 24bit visual available,
XEmacs should use it, just like Netscape does.
At least in the situation Martin described, no flicker is involved
(yes, I've actually seen such boxes; Martin beat me to reporting the
bug.)