On 14 sept. 2011, at 12:08, Michael Markert wrote:

Aquamacs could be a cause for this but I have no experience with
it. color themes are most probably not interfering as they do little
more than assigning faces themselves.

Thanks for the reply. I'm still investigating. What's strange is that when I do a "(set-cursor-color "red")", the cursor becomes red for a couple seconds, then takes back its previous color.

I've searched all my init files for anything related to "cursor", and I don't find anything.

I did another experience though: if I don't load evil, then the cursor color change sticks. So I'm wondering if this might not be an evil related issue.

Alan