The :stipple face attribute is not consistently supported across all Emacs 30 
builds, with incorrect or missing stipple display for NS and GTK+Cairo builds.  

The following test of :stipple should lead to an image similar to the attached.

(let* ((w (window-font-width))
       (stipple `(,w 1 ,(apply #'unibyte-string (make-list (/ (+ w 7) 8) 
186)))))
  (insert "\n" (propertize (concat  (make-string 15 ?\s)
                                    "THIS IS A TEST"
                                    (make-string 15 ?\s))
                           'face `(:background "red" :foreground "blue" 
:stipple ,stipple))))

Only some Emacs 30 builds correctly render this simple stipple.  There has been 
some progress on :stipple support recently, but it remains incomplete.  To my 
knowledge, the current situation for :stipple support in Emacs 30 is as follows:
NS (partially working): Commit ef6ffbdc79 from last May provided a partial fix, 
but stipples are black and white only (bug#70712)
Windows (working?): patched in June (bug#71159)
PGTK (working): incorrect stipple display patched July, 2023 (bug#64969)
GTK, non-Cairo (working): appears to be working correctly
GTK + Cairo (not working uniformly): Stipples are reported to be missing with 
some Cairo builds of Emacs 30
Other X11 builds (?): Unsure if these are supported (but suspect they are given 
the legacy of stipple)


  • bug#73082:... JD Smith
    • bug#7... Eli Zaretskii
      • b... Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
    • bug#7... Arash Esbati

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