From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8857: display-buffer attempt to pop-up frame in batch mode causes "Unknown terminal type" error Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:14:47 +0200 Message-ID: <4DF79707.7000707@gmx.at> References: <4DF726E0.6020205@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1308071764 27642 80.91.229.12 (14 Jun 2011 17:16:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:16:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8857@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 14 19:16:00 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 1QWXDb-0002AT-F4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:15:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45614 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWXDa-0007d4-4h for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:15:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57922) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWXCj-0007Qv-Vu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:15:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWXCi-0000mr-AZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:15:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52874) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWXCh-0000mH-H2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:15:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWXCh-0000Wb-3c; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:15:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:15:02 +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=B8857.13080716981992 (code B ref 8857); Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8857) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jun 2011 17:14:58 +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 1QWXCb-0000W4-Qi for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:14:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWXCZ-0000Vj-Fe for 8857@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:14:56 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 14 Jun 2011 17:14:49 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-43-63.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.43.63]) [62.47.43.63] by mail.gmx.net (mp048) with SMTP; 14 Jun 2011 19:14:49 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19h2WNGPI1h2RipSdaol2sfqaZNQcQ6YwJbMkg6NX fEnjkOffBFfDDs User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:15:03 -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:47137 Archived-At: >> Can you tell me where and why `display-buffer' is called? > > I don't know. From `find-file' I guess. I noticed because of this: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-buildstatus/2011-06/msg00004.html > > (which was due to custom-make-dependencies leaving files on the > command-line so they were processed as normal file arguments) I see. But I wonder why this wasn't a problem before (that is, the idea of popping up a new frame). > Maybe display-buffer should just be a no-op in batch-mode, since it's > impossible (?) to display anything then (except via the echo area). > > (defun display-buffer () "" > (unless noninteractive > ...)) That would be trivial to do. martin