From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20538: 24.4; Attempt to delete a surrogate minibuffer frame Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 09:32:11 +0200 Message-ID: <5552FDFB.8080500@gmx.at> References: <874mnly25v.fsf@gnu.org> <554F4F64.20604@gmx.at> <46510.69799.372989.21839@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <55507FA7.7020906@gmx.at> <57556.25510.62959.21840@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <5551C998.4040508@gmx.at> <22444.26522.862962.21842@gargle.gargle.HOWL> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1431502422 23326 80.91.229.3 (13 May 2015 07:33:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 07:33:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20538@debbugs.gnu.org To: Roland Winkler Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 13 09:33:32 2015 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 1YsRAa-0000YG-8o for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 09:33:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46898 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YsRAY-0003H4-Od for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:33:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47511) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YsRAA-0002eg-FA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:33:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YsRA7-0006zP-06 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:33:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33014) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YsRA6-0006zL-U4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:33:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YsRA6-0002qG-NL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:33:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 07:33:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20538 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20538-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20538.143150234610876 (code B ref 20538); Wed, 13 May 2015 07:33:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20538) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 May 2015 07:32:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42989 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YsR9V-0002pL-QB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:32:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:54939) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YsR9T-0002pA-LB for 20538@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:32:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [188.22.104.219] ([188.22.104.219]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LanoO-1ZcSDp0CEK-00kO2v; Wed, 13 May 2015 09:32:17 +0200 In-Reply-To: <22444.26522.862962.21842@gargle.gargle.HOWL> X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:jaVF3xLeX30kqkSOyI31ACZ0YpzdkPRVXjGl7wiK97q77QUK925 eZGBxBl8FIH5ngNr3Vco9Db9hFzPBmir0Nyq6GjDqFtTFnLJdj5UoF+CwKcvF/7f9Tzozm5 Dt/NSSDO5mYCpccotA2n2oKzmp8JugpoCryOf5yiNlHoGfeU0KEJafknE8o6i/lrDgRDuO1 PVpAJnPo5bxDSp8kgjKog== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; 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:102731 Archived-At: > How do you use the undocumented function ediff-setup-windows-plain? > (Could this usage be properly documented?) It's an option (a customizable variable). Do M-: (require 'ediff) RET C-h v RET ediff-window-setup-function RET > Sure. I was more thinking that quite generally the error message > talking about a "surrogate minibuffer frame" is a bit confusing if > one has no clue what this term means. When I first saw this > message, I thought of something like a "minibuffer frame" that was > some kind of surrogate (which was why I thought this was supposed to > refer to the Ediff control panel that acts like a minibuffer for an > ediff session). > > Perhaps the error message could be changed to something like > > "Attempt to delete frame with a surrogate minibuffer for frame XYZ" Maybe we should say in the documentation of `delete-frame' something like A frame may not be deleted if its minibuffer serves as surrogate minibuffer for another frame. martin