From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1077: 23.0.60; x-create-frame: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:21:22 -0800 Message-ID: References: <003e01c9257c$a385d800$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291176130 29578 80.91.229.12 (1 Dec 2010 04:02:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 04:02:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 1077@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 01 05:02:05 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PNdtJ-0008FF-J6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:02:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59490 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PNdtJ-0006SK-Aa for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:02:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43913 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PNdfH-0006c4-IV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:47:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PNX4T-0004Qt-8h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:45:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46236) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PNX4T-0004Qd-6L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:45:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PNWdJ-0004KT-Vi; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:17:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <003e01c9257c$a385d800$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:17:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 1077 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 1077-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B1077.129114818816599 (code B ref 1077); Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:17:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1077) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Nov 2010 20:16:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PNWcm-0004Jg-H5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:16:28 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PNWck-0004JT-Ox for 1077@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:16:27 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id oAUKM1LF023055 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:22:03 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt353.oracle.com (acsmt353.oracle.com [141.146.40.153]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id oAUGSvO5027176; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:21:59 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt004.oracle.com by acsmt355.oracle.com with ESMTP id 828166761291148482; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:21:22 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.217.8) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:21:22 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcuQvFJYvEuGwsmXSP+xyH5vfsftxQABwfUQAAIog8A= X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:17:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42019 Archived-At: Resending. This reply of mine bounced for some reason. -----Original Message----- From: Drew Adams Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 11:20 AM To: 'Eli Zaretskii' Cc: rudalics@gmx.at; 1077@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: RE: bug#1077: 23.0.60; x-create-frame: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil) > It's not the design. Simply, no one bothered to solve the > difficulties that are related to having menu bars in minibuffer-only > frames. The function set_menu_bar_lines, which handles changes in the > menu-bar-lines frame parameter, has this fragment right at its > beginning: > > /* Right now, menu bars don't work properly in minibuf-only frames; > most of the commands try to apply themselves to the minibuffer > frame itself, and get an error because you can't switch buffers > in or split the minibuffer window. */ > if (FRAME_MINIBUF_ONLY_P (f)) > return; > > So it simply punts for minibuffer-only frames. OK, so it sounds like a bug or missing feature, rather than a design limitation/choice. Can we please add fixing this to the TODO list? (I'm assuming it will not be fixed as part of the fix for this bug.)