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 19:56:32 +0200 Message-ID: <4DF7A0D0.2030707@gmx.at> References: <4DF726E0.6020205@gmx.at> <4DF79707.7000707@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 1308075065 15945 80.91.229.12 (14 Jun 2011 18:11:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:11:05 +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 20:11:01 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 1QWY4l-0003P3-M2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:10:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50861 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWY4k-00040v-Ar for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:10:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:49282) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWXrM-0000ra-0T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:57:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWXrK-0001XS-DH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:57:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48647) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWXrK-0001XO-31 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWXrJ-0001Wv-Mw; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:57:01 -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 17:57:01 +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=B8857.13080742025853 (code B ref 8857); Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:57:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8857) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jun 2011 17:56:42 +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 1QWXr0-0001WL-6D for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:56:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWXqy-0001W8-6R for 8857@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:56:41 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 14 Jun 2011 17:56:34 -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 (mp034) with SMTP; 14 Jun 2011 19:56:34 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+9P7gdWRS9J2go3AfET3SXng02bzJphg2Vss1yax XYEto384tgrdKx 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 13:57:01 -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:47145 Archived-At: > I guess because pop-up-frames defaults to nil in Emacs 23. Emacs 23 could pop up new frame provided the selected frame isn't "usable". > But in the trunk, a default Emacs may now pop-up a frame if it thinks it > necessary. I only tried to mimic Emacs 23 here. So if the original frame cannot be used it does try to pop up a new one. Doesn't Emacs make an invisible frame in batch mode? Maybe the problem happens because I now load window.el _before_ files.el. So in Emacs 23 files.el maybe tried to display a buffer but failed silently. What happens generally in batch mode when you call `display-buffer', for example, during a backtrace? martin