From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Fredrik Fornwall <fredrik@fornwall.net>
Cc: 23369@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23369: 25.0.93; CANNOT_DUMP build fails if resizing terminal during startup in tty mode
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:01:33 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83shya2eiq.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOhdH0sdhugZRercO_Sp_C0JRO7C4ahuxnZPeEgHwgbYfrrgBA@mail.gmail.com> (message from Fredrik Fornwall on Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:43:02 +0200)
> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:43:02 +0200
> From: Fredrik Fornwall <fredrik@fornwall.net>
> Cc: 23369@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Some reasons causing terminal resize during startup:
> (1) If running emacs on Android
> (http://endlessparentheses.com/running-emacs-on-android.html), you may
> want to show the (or switch to another) touch keyboard, which causes a
> terminal resize. Android also forces CANNOT_DUMP since binaries needs
> to be position-independent, and startup is also slower due to running
> on mobile devices, so the window of opportunity increases.
> (2) One wants to resize the terminal to e.g. put the terminal window
> with emacs besides another window, or maximize the window.
> (3) One wants to change font size when jumping from the terminal into emacs.
>
> If one knows that emacs crashes if resizing during startup it's easy
> to wait for startup to complete before doing any of the above.
>
> The problem is that most new users won't know that, and a message
> like"function definition is void: internal-echo-keystrokes-prefix"
> won't help them understand it either, and they will instead need
> support (or give up using emacs).
Well, if someone could provide a backtrace showing how these errors
are triggered by resizing the frame, perhaps this could be fixed.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-25 10:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-25 7:10 bug#23369: 25.0.93; CANNOT_DUMP build fails if resizing terminal during startup in tty mode Fredrik Fornwall
2016-04-25 7:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-25 9:43 ` Fredrik Fornwall
2016-04-25 10:01 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-04-27 0:53 ` Glenn Morris
2016-04-27 6:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-27 16:36 ` Glenn Morris
2016-04-27 17:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-27 18:48 ` Glenn Morris
2016-04-27 19:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-27 21:01 ` Glenn Morris
2016-04-28 5:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-28 13:03 ` Fredrik Fornwall
2016-04-28 13:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
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