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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Paul Moore <p.f.moore@gmail.com>
Cc: 23674@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23674: 25.0.93; Daemon mode on Windows
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2016 11:54:44 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83eg8dwcyz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACac1F9kQOONG-DbTneHQX+vuxEypOmRW0-rStogXE8VGKnN8A@mail.gmail.com> (message from Paul Moore on Wed, 1 Jun 2016 10:19:55 +0100)

> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 10:19:55 +0100
> From: Paul Moore <p.f.moore@gmail.com>
> 
> Daemon mode on Windows (initialised by calling "emacs --daemon") starts
> up Emacs with a frame running on a non-GUI terminal.

As Glenn points out, this is how things work on all platforms.

> Because Emacs is started with only a non-GUI terminal, GUI functions
> such as find-font do not work as expected, so it's not possible to
> configure GUI settings from init.el without complex workarounds (e.g.
> deferring font selection until a GUI frame is open).

I see nothing wrong with those workarounds.  In addition, you can set
default-frame-alist as well.

> Few packages seem to expect this situation (for example, Spacemacs
> and Powerline), and as a result configuration does not work as
> expected.

Please ask the developers of those packages to adapt them to the
daemon mode.

Thanks.





      parent reply	other threads:[~2016-06-04  8:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-01  9:19 bug#23674: 25.0.93; Daemon mode on Windows Paul Moore
2016-06-01 17:38 ` Glenn Morris
2016-06-01 18:40   ` Paul Moore
2016-06-03 17:43     ` Glenn Morris
2016-06-03 18:33       ` Paul Moore
2016-06-04  8:54 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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