From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Evil Boris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: weird behavior of ediff with multiple displays Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:01:18 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1133744733 2535 80.91.229.2 (5 Dec 2005 01:05:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 01:05:33 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 05 02:05:24 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ej4mJ-0002Kp-21 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2005 02:04:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ej4mP-0000bb-Ox for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:04:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ej4m9-0000aV-SG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:04:17 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ej4m8-0000Yk-9p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:04:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ej4m8-0000Ya-5E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:04:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1Ej4mX-0002pm-LY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:04:41 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Ej4kl-0001qB-OD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2005 02:02:51 +0100 Original-Received: from 207-38-193-43.c3-0.wsd-ubr1.qens-wsd.ny.cable.rcn.com ([207.38.193.43]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 05 Dec 2005 02:02:51 +0100 Original-Received: from evilborisnet by 207-38-193-43.c3-0.wsd-ubr1.qens-wsd.ny.cable.rcn.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 05 Dec 2005 02:02:51 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 29 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 207-38-193-43.c3-0.wsd-ubr1.qens-wsd.ny.cable.rcn.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:iL8AA0szOIxG1i5eS5q3drbE9pU= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:46981 Archived-At: Has anyone seen the following beahavior from ediff while running on multiple displays (not multiple screens of the same display): While logged in remotely through SSH with X tunnelling turned on, I execute (details: Solaris 2.7, :0.0 is local display, localhost:10.0 is SSH tunneled display): emacs-cvs -Q -q --display :0.0 --eval '(make-frame-on-display "localhost:10.0") Now in the resulting window that pops out on localhost:10.0 (remote display) I execute "M-x ediff RET file1 RET file2". What I get on the localhost:10.0 display is the usual ediff control frame PLUS a weird wide and narrow (one or two lines tall) *Minibuf-0* frame (a dedicated minibuffer frame!?!?) that I definitely did not ask for. I have seen this happen over many versions of CVS Emacs, with remote machine being a WinXP box with an X server, or a Linux box (ancient Mandrake, if it matters), so I am pretty sure it's an Emacs ediff "feature". Interestingly, if I start emacs-cvs by hand with localhost:10.0 display and then make-frame-on-display on :0.0, the effect disappears---it seems to matter which display was opened first. Any ideas would be welcome. How do I debug this? Can anyone reproduce this? --Boris