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#18637: 24.4.50; doc of frame parameter DISPLAY vs actual value on MS Windows Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 12:23:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <12fc196e-cc82-4f22-8d2f-cede95542ea7@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1412537138 20081 80.91.229.3 (5 Oct 2014 19:25:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 19:25:38 +0000 (UTC) To: 18637@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 05 21:25:31 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XarQw-0004PJ-Nr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 21:25:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48469 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XarQw-0006aH-BH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:25:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46515) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XarQg-0006VW-Dx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:25:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XarQV-0001Vo-VH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:25:14 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43351) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XarQU-0001Ud-Gu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:25:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XarQT-0005g3-TB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:25:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:25:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 18637 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.141253705021750 (code B ref -1); Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:25:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Oct 2014 19:24:10 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34915 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XarPd-0005ej-P1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:24:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44567) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XarPb-0005eb-FY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:24:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XarPQ-0001BT-Uq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:24:07 -0400 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:59220) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XarPQ-0001BP-Rd for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:23:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46273) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XarPI-0005uX-42 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:23:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XarP9-00016V-C8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:23:48 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:47686) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XarP9-00016F-44 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:23:39 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s95JNb4J018281 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2014 19:23:38 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s95JNaRX010190 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2014 19:23:37 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0014.oracle.com (abhmp0014.oracle.com [141.146.116.20]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s95JNa3R010187 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2014 19:23:36 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8.2 (807160) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:94182 Archived-At: In (elisp) `Basic Parameters' I see this description of frame parameter `display': The display on which to open this frame. It should be a string of the form `"HOST:DPY.SCREEN"', just like the `DISPLAY' environment variable. But if I evaluate `(frame-parameters)' on MS Windows I see this value for parameter `display': "w32". "w32" does not seem to fit the form `"HOST:DPY.SCREEN"'. What gives? And why is that string surrounded by `...'? And why aren't the components of that "form" described: What are acceptable values for HOST, DPY, and SCREEN? (I assume that the `:' and `.' are to be taken literally here, and that HOST, DPY, and SCREEN are placeholders, although there is zero explanation of this.) Also, I searched the manual case-sensitively for DISPLAY, and found no desc= ription/specification/explanation of "the `DISPLAY' environment variable. = So referring users to that env var to find a specification of the form `"HOST:DPY.SCREEN"' is unhelpful and misleading. Please clear up this doc - make it properly specify what form the value of parameter `display' takes. In GNU Emacs 24.4.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2014-09-15 on LEG570 Bzr revision: 117884 dancol@dancol.org-20140915050944-sqsajysnwef51f9m Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: `configure --enable-checking 'CFLAGS=3D-O0 -g3' CPPFLAGS=3D-DGLYPH_DEBUG= =3D1'