From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: jidanni@jidanni.org
Cc: dickey@invisible-island.net, xterm@packages.debian.org,
icewm@packages.debian.org, debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org,
9398@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9398: can no longer suspend emacs and get back to the shell
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:44:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fwkd4g9k.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ty8u4o7u.fsf@jidanni.org> (jidanni@jidanni.org's message of "Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:40:53 +0800")
jidanni@jidanni.org writes:
> Try this with Debian emacs-snapshot 1:20110902-1 and icewm in an xterm:
> $ emacs -Q
> Then in emacs hit ^Z
> Now we are staring at the calling shell's window.
> But we cannot do anything.
> This started happening two weeks ago.
>
> The interesting thing is that if one now does ALT TAB twice, switching
> back and forth to the shell window again, one can now type ^Z, ^C etc.
> like one used to be able to.
In that situation, `emacs -Q' should open an X frame. C-z will iconify
(minimize) that frame, not suspend Emacs. Your bug report makes no
sense.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-03 18:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-29 7:23 bug#9398: can no longer suspend emacs and get back to the shell jidanni
2011-08-29 8:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-08-29 8:42 ` jidanni
2011-09-02 21:40 ` jidanni
[not found] ` <87ty8u4o7u.fsf@jidanni.org>
2011-09-03 18:44 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2011-09-05 0:46 ` bug#9398: Bug#640461: returning 'focus' to calling window upon suspend or exit jidanni
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