From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Abrahams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: [BUG] Emacs thinks it has a BDF font Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:50:42 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064946963 27561 80.91.224.253 (30 Sep 2003 18:36:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:36:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 30 20:36:00 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 1A4PLs-0000es-00 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:36:00 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A4PLs-00078d-00 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:36:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A4PLg-0007EU-AZ for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:35:48 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A4PHZ-0006Sw-LH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:31:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A4OvR-0002jk-1C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:09:11 -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 4.22) id 1A4OhF-0008Hk-Ur for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:54:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A4OeL-00030y-1l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:51:01 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A4OeH-0003cP-00 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:50:57 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A4OeG-0003cF-00 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:50:56 +0200 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A4OeG-0005VG-00 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:50:56 +0200 Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:tgTOVn0gvjMbyTGV9PaP2pNgGvs= 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:16802 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16802 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? Thanks, -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com