From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33417: display-buffer problems Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:25:26 +0100 Message-ID: <5BF13006.8030300@gmx.at> References: <87efbj6qbr.fsf@aol.com> <87a7m76nz6.fsf@aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1542533050 3601 195.159.176.226 (18 Nov 2018 09:24:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 09:24:10 +0000 (UTC) To: Live System User , 33417@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 18 10:24:06 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gOJJF-0000pw-GY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:25:28 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87a7m76nz6.fsf@aol.com> X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:ohEOoJETcpnnAp7wywsTda+mYZfgDeMVGrNRCQg+eCpOrR1e8R0 I9+do4EgMejMg3vPvFkj6DBYBfN1ZoyBjke/wPxIuKbNxOxXcHkbYGCMH3gZwbQEYToWU/2 jQJ++IikfvPgU0K20pyBVHw9o+UUaT0fYmHpAByy6t1HlHpWU+pgrytIIa0u76NHthcrSfB tq2uqoue5DSdtBpkhHKTQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:Cor0Op0GcTs=:bJRbSbBXbneFCzN88ST5Pn tenSmPRt1Tt6vydseconNBB4TNzRDdP+0a9m3HWOxzH/RdnICyObbYyZixY6lxFlZ6KBw8VZV fMGtWj2Dv+CnqzfvR4nwpzHfPN3skL2c3PgcXcy6TSgtK/7gInwXZKn+TINA2s9SthmOKviRR aP2qgC4wVLjG41pzYBiy1R4195yM+poWMqLz7eqeo99mPCbhXN0ov7DV4bHu2WBrdqJMd7Ifu UTwsxY51/g0L+gQVb8pV1TcVpLdewUHL4SsbWwc2voFH9FfTpNus5sqoJThua6YiYziyFBhOH fx4GNgj5+M+WH4CTFA06sSfySQ33MonWAslJnEowgQkFuaM6PEzRZjomcl72tLRwWLorJv52K fOtXIwIqKUvVPYfrC82pJv6sqFbsc8if+mWJoLHf4LPHKshlMRQSNly7WT9wP9ttWiaAIU2qa KFCh8KrZKYXnwG+aFeSwe2hzZdclSEwWv609KoxLTG/CrQNH6F9689qynzuD4nFoxeDCI/zeR upbiHkt3G9EJtAthHxpoHF2KiMShYJKR5zskDY33rwu778pFGmNJGhkdo13tBAg+4X5gszhoX EuULdQeGmxgT1ySqducH5xZtMmsXAKMAlHC4430MCfAM5BSzNVQRcw+iJ04XQsidIOmAClJrc mWvmtfjYx7jZPeTBvs8Se8cDyBzduEguTJ2lt/n6CfUBdBqDYccJfjtEy5p39gJfW+HufxS0y Hd9RwmS0zLpxStQy95vyzLZhLtaWIicpgJRRGcoe6Q/9auAk50msL6/BN4hT7UPnz5xRM4op X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:152502 Archived-At: > In my setup (.e.g not emacs -Q): > > While viewing the *Help* buffer which was the only window > on the frame, I typed "M-x list-timers" > > split-window: Window # too small for splitti= ng > > window-normalize-window: # is not a valid window > > split-window: Window # too small for splittin= g > > And again: > > Features: > Typing the command again, I got: > > Each time the buffer where the "M-x list-timers" command was > executed was *Help* and was a single window on the frame. > > g--text follows this line-- > > "C-x 2" (split-window-below) works fine. > > Hi, > > > I then saw: > > > How can I debug this? > > Thanks. Doesn't (setq debug-on-error t) give you a backtrace of the 'split-window' error? Note that 'list-timers' usually pops up the *Disabled Command* buffer You have invoked the disabled command list-timers. Beware: manually canceling timers can ruin your Emacs session. Do you want to use this command anyway? You can now type y to try it and enable it (no questions if you use it again). n to cancel--don=E2=80=99t try the command, and it remains disabled. SPC to try the command just this once, but leave it disabled. ! to try it, and enable all disabled commands for this session only. dialog which might be creating the problem you see. martin