From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8857: display-buffer attempt to pop-up frame in batch mode causes "Unknown terminal type" error Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:17:17 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4DF726E0.6020205@gmx.at> <4DF79707.7000707@gmx.at> <4DF7A0D0.2030707@gmx.at> <4DF7B1D2.3010304@gmx.at> <9ypqmfy2lo.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <4DF866F7.3070006@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1308155271 3085 80.91.229.12 (15 Jun 2011 16:27:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:27:51 +0000 (UTC) To: 8857-done@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 15 18:27:47 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWswT-00051X-Qk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:27:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51218 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWswS-0001I1-K0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:27:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:33556) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWsn9-0006n6-4b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:18:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWsn5-0003jB-4F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:18:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42791) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWsn4-0003iv-PP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:18:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWsn4-0007sO-L2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:18:02 -0400 Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:18:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 8857 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Mail-Followup-To: 8857@debbugs.gnu.org, rgm@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by 8857-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D8857.130815464630230 (code D ref 8857); Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:18:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8857-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jun 2011 16:17:26 +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 1QWsmU-0007rX-4r for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:17:26 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWsmR-0007rL-AF for 8857-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:17:24 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47192) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWsmL-0007so-OZ; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:17:17 -0400 X-Spook: CNCIS ammunition computer terrorism Elvis Commecen Hugo X-Ran: &%EljF'Jz\-f,%XMq%wY/Q$=:F?=B5Fo4Ogp*,> X-Hue: yellow X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <4DF866F7.3070006@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:01:59 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:18:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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:47188 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > "batch mode" and "server mode" are *very* closely related. So I'd stay > away from any attempt to special case "batch mode". martin rudalics wrote: > There's a silent convention that `display-buffer' _always_ returns a > window. If it doesn't in batch mode, code relying on that convention > might break. I don't know how realistic such a scenario is, though. OK, no problem, let's not bother with it then. > Meanwhile I checked in two fixes that should assure that > `display-buffer' doesn't try to pop up a frame with emacs -Q. If they > work, you should be able to remove your earlier hack. If you mean the cus-dep thing, then it was a correct change, independent of this issue, and should remain. I'll close this, thanks.