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: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:32:59 +0200 Message-ID: <4DF908EB.8000204@gmx.at> References: <4DF726E0.6020205@gmx.at> <4DF79707.7000707@gmx.at> <4DF7A0D0.2030707@gmx.at> <4DF7B1D2.3010304@gmx.at> <9ypqmfy2lo.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <4DF866F7.3070006@gmx.at> <87oc1zkp0n.fsf@engster.org> <4DF8EFB3.1060304@gmx.at> <87fwnbkkvd.fsf@engster.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1308170525 2912 80.91.229.12 (15 Jun 2011 20:42:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:42:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8857@debbugs.gnu.org To: David Engster Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 15 22:42:01 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 1QWwuW-0002JV-Vb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:42:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48754 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWwuW-0006Rl-1b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:42:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37662) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWvqo-0003qw-7O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:34:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWvql-0004QZ-HW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:34:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45881) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWvql-0004QM-4z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:34:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWvqk-0003uA-5J; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:34:02 -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: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:34:02 +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=B8857.130816639314945 (code B ref 8857); Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8857) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jun 2011 19:33:13 +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 1QWvpx-0003sz-07 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:33:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWvpt-0003sl-0s for 8857@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:33:10 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 15 Jun 2011 19:33:02 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-61-83.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.61.83]) [62.47.61.83] by mail.gmx.net (mp005) with SMTP; 15 Jun 2011 21:33:02 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/c7lMdJUDcBp8VhCFthKzPVYNvf6fvtA5cAV24tS X1d3rz5CMUmaoW User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <87fwnbkkvd.fsf@engster.org> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:34:02 -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:47205 Archived-At: > I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but when I run this: More or less so, thanks. Putting the debug-on-entry on `display-buffer-pop-up-frame' would have been more indicative. > --> emacs --batch -Q --eval "(debug-on-entry 'display-buffer-pop-up-window)" foo bar baz > > I get this: > > Debugger entered--entering a function: > display-buffer-pop-up-window(# ((largest) (lru)) ((pop-up-frame) (reuse-window ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ `display-buffer-pop-up-window' likely fails here to produce a window and next `display-buffer' tries to pop up a new frame. > * display-buffer(# other-window nil) > pop-to-buffer(# other-window nil) > switch-to-buffer-other-window(#) > find-file-other-window("/home/void/bar") > command-line-1(("--eval" "(debug-on-entry 'display-buffer-pop-up-window)" "foo" "bar" "baz")) > command-line() > normal-top-level() The problem is that `switch-to-buffer-other-window' has to use "another" window. If it can't pop up a window on the selected frame it tries to pop up a new frame :-( As Glenn remarked - you can get the same problem by setting `pop-up-frames' to t. What shall I do? martin