From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8857: display-buffer attempt to pop-up frame in batch mode causes "Unknown terminal type" error Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:40:31 -0400 Message-ID: <3y39jaq3ww.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <4DF726E0.6020205@gmx.at> <4DF79707.7000707@gmx.at> <4DF7A0D0.2030707@gmx.at> <4DF7B1D2.3010304@gmx.at> <9ypqmfy2lo.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1308171289 7536 80.91.229.12 (15 Jun 2011 20:54:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:54:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8857@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 15 22:54:44 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWx6q-0000jt-A6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:54:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59045 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWx6o-0001JK-Pl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:54:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:50591) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWvxX-0005ws-W1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:41:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWvxW-0005nq-Od for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:41:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41797) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWvxW-0005nl-H1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:41:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWvxV-00043V-LQ; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:41:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:41:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8857 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8857-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8857.130816684015564 (code B ref 8857); Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:41:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8857) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jun 2011 19:40:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWvxA-00042z-Ap for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:40:40 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWvx8-00042n-E5 for 8857@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:40:39 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49885) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWvx2-00053x-HM; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:40:32 -0400 X-Spook: Glock Albright Operation Iraqi Freedom Ansar al-Islam X-Ran: xR?Lw9xQiRkyKy6uSt?Q#E5RO'4@gV`-u&DLADgU{T]n0Dr$S~_@ (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:36:56 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:41:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:47206 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > "batch mode" and "server mode" are *very* closely related. So I'd stay > away from any attempt to special case "batch mode". FWIW, `noninteractive' is nil in "server mode" (ie --daemon) but t in "batch mode", so the two cases are easily distinguished. Since emacs.c has: if (!noninteractive) init_display (); /* Determine terminal type. Calls init_sys_modes. */ I've gone back to thinking that display-buffer can do nothing useful in batch mode.