2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index f02db31f0b7..0287a07fe93 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2008-08-30  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
+        * msdos.c (IT_display_cursor): Write "CURSOR ON/OFF" to termscript
+        only when the state changes.
+
         * w16select.c (Fw16_set_clipboard_data): Don't encode text if
         clipboard is unavailable.  Set dst to NULL if it doesn't point to
         malloc'ed data.
diff --git a/src/msdos.c b/src/msdos.c
index 5673c33cb2a..0d46070d5e3 100644
--- a/src/msdos.c
+++ b/src/msdos.c
@@ -1728,17 +1728,19 @@ IT_display_cursor (int on)
 {
   struct tty_display_info *tty = CURTTY ();
 
-  if (tty->termscript)
-    fprintf (tty->termscript, "\nCURSOR %s", on ? "ON" : "OFF");
   if (on && cursor_cleared)
     {
       ScreenSetCursor (current_pos_Y, current_pos_X);
       cursor_cleared = 0;
+      if (tty->termscript)
+        fprintf (tty->termscript, "\nCURSOR ON");
     }
   else if (!on && !cursor_cleared)
     {
       ScreenSetCursor (-1, -1);
       cursor_cleared = 1;
+      if (tty->termscript)
+        fprintf (tty->termscript, "\nCURSOR OFF");
     }
 }