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> From: Timmy Douglas <timmynoospam@cc.gatech.edu>
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:40:17 -0400
> 
>  X protocol error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) on protocol
>  request 18
> 
> 
> [49]+  Exit 70                 emacs
> 
> 
> I'm not sure how to interpret this.... An explanation of this error is
> all I'm really looking for.

This usually means that Emacs tried to draw something in an X window
that was deleted, or is otherwise non-existent.

The file etc/DEBUG in the Emacs distribution explains how to debug
such problems (search for "X protocol").