From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22096: 25.0.50; reading from fifo breaks display Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2015 10:59:14 +0200 Message-ID: <83mvtpfezh.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87lh9aglih.fsf@udel.edu> <83oae5fgtn.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1449306026 22387 80.91.229.3 (5 Dec 2015 09:00:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 09:00:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22096@debbugs.gnu.org To: mvoteiza@udel.edu, eggert@cs.ucla.edu Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 05 10:00:15 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a58hS-0007eQ-Fd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2015 10:00:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45468 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a58hR-0000y3-UH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2015 04:00:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37726) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a58hO-0000wK-IB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2015 04:00:11 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a58hJ-0007ye-JS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2015 04:00:10 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:49867) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a58hJ-0007yZ-H5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2015 04:00:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a58hJ-00016R-4k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2015 04:00:05 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2015 09:00:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22096 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22096-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22096.14493059704162 (code B ref 22096); Sat, 05 Dec 2015 09:00:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22096) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Dec 2015 08:59:30 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39575 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a58gj-000154-UM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2015 03:59:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:33328) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a58gh-00014v-8m for 22096@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2015 03:59:28 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NYV00100N444W00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for 22096@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2015 10:59:25 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NYV001JXNN01580@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Sat, 05 Dec 2015 10:59:25 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <83oae5fgtn.fsf@gnu.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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:109636 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2015 10:19:32 +0200 > From: Eli Zaretskii > Cc: 22096@debbugs.gnu.org > > > From: Mark Oteiza > > Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:40:38 -0500 > > > > I suppose this is two issues, really. I am trying to read from a FIFO, > > specifically one written to by mpd, configured in mpd.conf with > > > > audio_output { > > type "fifo" > > name "FIFO" > > path "/tmp/mpd.fifo" > > format "44100:16:2" > > } > > > > With mpd running I can see that the FIFO is there and I can read from it > > with other tools/mpd clients. > > > > (info "(elisp) Reading from Files") suggests I should be able to read > > from a FIFO. > > I guess you mean this part: > > It is possible to read a special file (such as a FIFO or an I/O > device) with `insert-file-contents', as long as REPLACE and VISIT > are `nil'. > > It seems this is no longer true, and we have to fix the manual to that > effect. Or maybe that text just gets the value of VISIT wrong: the code in question is very old, and always signaled an error for non-regular files when VISIT is nil.