From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#63555: emacs 29 complains that it can't connect to the display Date: Sun, 21 May 2023 08:41:01 +0300 Message-ID: <835y8ms0lu.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87ttwbawse.fsf@vps.thesusis.net> <83v8gou9yb.fsf@gnu.org> <87a5y04wgh.fsf@yahoo.com> <87ednclael.fsf@gmail.com> <83h6s8tlux.fsf@gnu.org> <87wn133hmz.fsf@yahoo.com> <83zg5zsg7g.fsf@gnu.org> <87fs7r342i.fsf@yahoo.com> <83v8gns9is.fsf@gnu.org> <87bkif2yq9.fsf@yahoo.com> <83ednbrwfp.fsf@gnu.org> <87ttw61pil.fsf@yahoo.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39011"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: rpluim@gmail.com, phill@thesusis.net, 63555@debbugs.gnu.org To: Po Lu Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun May 21 07:41:24 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q0boq-0009zy-4N for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 21 May 2023 07:41:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q0bod-0005Aw-O4; Sun, 21 May 2023 01:41:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q0boU-0005Ag-F9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 May 2023 01:41:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q0boU-0002ts-0G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 May 2023 01:41:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1q0boT-0005pa-S8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 May 2023 01:41:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 21 May 2023 05:41:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 63555 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 63555-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B63555.168464765222392 (code B ref 63555); Sun, 21 May 2023 05:41:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 63555) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 May 2023 05:40:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59860 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1q0boK-0005p6-8I for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 21 May 2023 01:40:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37266) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1q0boI-0005or-0N for 63555@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 21 May 2023 01:40:51 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q0boB-0002pO-Ut; Sun, 21 May 2023 01:40:44 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=iJtENGXsCHjEMG0vlWIBVXocf0NOk8MuocXqtGJFkSo=; b=fSxwB3ujL9ge lae2rg3FWpXeT5vr3MELXLr8i+8SjOGzslmWm0uOqdiXt+po1rr+IfVKMyda0x12XdROrve40NwfV LLahYG6h9xLwnncKD5r9zlNg3cCONu6TzQya71//r9dUw88eGMEAel2Fyav78qDDxXm0BQbESVhcK OfX4ypXvFQ3RhRm3bK8e7l1fA29XOYfAAu7zyL66dWOttwUcfhKsMEXc5Z58VgajRzVmvhwitWaRm EpQtSXUhsVnDpkL4ub1pdj3rsEFSqO6xWegjclKoZgdvtzbL1OSlrek9TU9TS/WBhdDZ8Nrtgponq I85iEn8ynGtqN9PEiSW9Uw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q0boB-0000YG-D8; Sun, 21 May 2023 01:40:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87ttw61pil.fsf@yahoo.com> (message from Po Lu on Sun, 21 May 2023 08:45:06 +0800) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:262081 Archived-At: > From: Po Lu > Cc: rpluim@gmail.com, phill@thesusis.net, 63555-done@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sun, 21 May 2023 08:45:06 +0800 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > Too bad. I added some verbiage to this effect in NEWS, and I'm > > closing this bug. > > > > (With all these disadvantages, I wonder why the PGTK build was > > considered such a useful addition to Emacs...) > > To be fair, it solves the problem of running Emacs under Wayland > reasonably well. For some value of "reasonably well". It's the only configuration for which we explicitly warn users that very bad things could happen unless they do so-and-so. > > Btw, the Emacs user manual says WAYLAND_DISPLAY is the variable used > > by PGTK, which you seem to say is inaccurate? > > WAYLAND_DISPLAY is one of the variables, but there are others too, > depending on which GDK backends are in use (Broadway, Cygwin, Quartz, > etc.) There may also be new GDK backends in the future. > > The user manual should be fixed. Please do this ASAP. Or tell me what should be written there, and then I will do it.