From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: gerd.moellmann@t-online.de (Gerd Moellmann) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [dave@boost-consulting.com: [BUG] Emacs thinks it has a BDF font] Date: 02 Oct 2003 09:16:57 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <86wubot8gm.fsf@gerd.free-bsd.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065079741 9181 80.91.224.253 (2 Oct 2003 07:29:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 07:29:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David Abrahams , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 02 09:28:59 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A4xtS-00038O-00 for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:28:58 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A4xtS-0005Of-00 for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:28:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A4xqd-0002LH-3c for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 03:26:03 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A4xqG-0002IG-1f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 03:25:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A4xpg-00026E-NK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 03:25:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1A4xpA-0001Pb-Ae; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 03:24:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [194.25.134.85] (helo=mailout11.sul.t-online.com) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A4xiH-0007Ln-Os; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 03:17:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fwd11.aul.t-online.de by mailout11.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1A4xiG-0001PZ-00; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:17:24 +0200 Original-Received: from gerd.free-bsd.org (XKe0QiZZ8eeW8F-Qa8dKmldUYYGd2tuDYoRIfsC15gFsWEu96ErD42@[80.130.118.75]) by fwd11.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 1A4xhx-1QwDjs0; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 09:17:05 +0200 Original-Received: from gerd.free-bsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gerd.free-bsd.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h927H3Eo000286; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 09:17:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from gerd.moellmann@t-online.de) Original-Received: (from gerd@localhost) by gerd.free-bsd.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id h927GvWv000283; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 09:16:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from gerd.moellmann@t-online.de) X-Authentication-Warning: gerd.free-bsd.org: gerd set sender to gerd.moellmann@t-online.de using -f Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-Seen: false X-ID: XKe0QiZZ8eeW8F-Qa8dKmldUYYGd2tuDYoRIfsC15gFsWEu96ErD42 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16855 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16855 Richard Stallman writes: > Can you please give him advice, and cc me and emacs-devel? > > From: David Abrahams > Subject: [BUG] Emacs thinks it has a BDF font > To: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:50:42 -0400 > > > In http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/16583/ I reported that > emacs is following an execution path which attempts to draw a BDF font > even though none is in use, resulting in a crash deep in the drawing > machinery about once a day for me. I'm unfamiliar with this part of > Emacs' display code. Is there someone who can give me a little > guidance about what to assert, where to set a breakpoint, or something > (anything) that will help us to track this down? I'm afraid I can't help here. "BDF fonts" sounds like this is is a problem specific to the MS-Windows version.