From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson)
Cc: 25851@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25851: 25.2; GTK warning when starting Emacs when desktop file has more than one frame
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 20:37:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83h93fpjjh.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874lzfwkv0.fsf@moondust.localdomain> (nljlistbox2@gmail.com)
> From: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson)
> Cc: 25851@debbugs.gnu.org, Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:26:43 -0500
>
> At 18:18 +0200 on Monday 2017-02-27, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > Unless Martin will be able to resolve the issue "properly", I guess
> > the only way of shutting up the warning is to use
> > g_log_set_writer_func to temporarily set the glib log writer function
> > to a dummy one that does nothing, then restore the original writer
> > function. That's gross, but what else can be done when you deal with
> > libraries which think they are smarter than you are?..
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> [I'm sure your question is rhetorical, but if it weren't, at one time I
> would have said the what could be done is to leave the world of
> paternalistic proprietary software and use Free software instead! Sadly,
> the paternalistic-proprietary-software thinking has infected Free
> software and we increasingly see libraries and tools that do what they
> think the user should want them to do, rather than flexibly doing what the
> user asks them to do.]
Hear, hear.
> Rather that trying to cover up the warning, can we not just do what the
> library wants; is it impossible for us to call "gtk_widget_show_all() on
> the contents and gtk_window_set_geometry_hints() on the window" before
> calling gtk_window_parse_geometry()?
That's what I meant with "resolve the issue properly". Hopefully,
Martin will be able to rescue us from ourselves (and from glib's log
tyranny).
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Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-23 16:08 bug#25851: 25.2; GTK warning when starting Emacs when desktop file has more than one frame N. Jackson
2017-02-23 16:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-24 2:33 ` N. Jackson
2017-02-24 8:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-24 13:41 ` N. Jackson
2017-02-24 13:53 ` N. Jackson
2017-02-24 14:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-24 16:09 ` N. Jackson
2017-02-24 20:28 ` N. Jackson
2017-02-25 8:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-26 22:41 ` N. Jackson
2017-02-27 0:31 ` N. Jackson
2017-02-27 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-27 18:26 ` N. Jackson
2017-02-27 18:37 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2017-02-28 9:46 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-01 20:05 ` N. Jackson
2017-03-23 8:00 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-23 14:11 ` N. Jackson
2017-03-24 9:01 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-24 20:28 ` N. Jackson
2017-03-25 6:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-28 13:15 ` N. Jackson
2017-03-29 7:36 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-25 9:25 ` martin rudalics
2017-04-27 19:28 ` N. Jackson
2017-04-11 6:49 ` martin rudalics
2017-04-27 19:55 ` N. Jackson
2017-04-29 10:30 ` martin rudalics
2017-04-29 19:32 ` N. Jackson
2017-04-30 8:32 ` martin rudalics
2017-04-30 16:13 ` N. Jackson
2017-04-30 19:36 ` martin rudalics
2017-02-28 9:46 ` martin rudalics
2017-02-28 15:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-28 18:42 ` martin rudalics
2017-02-28 18:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-01 8:29 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-01 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-01 19:36 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-01 19:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-01 20:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-02 11:00 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-02 15:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-02 17:57 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-02 20:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-03 8:13 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-03 8:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-01 20:16 ` N. Jackson
2017-03-03 8:13 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-03 13:05 ` N. Jackson
2017-03-03 14:24 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-06 18:25 ` N. Jackson
2017-03-06 18:44 ` martin rudalics
2017-02-25 8:21 ` martin rudalics
2017-02-26 22:47 ` N. Jackson
2017-02-27 2:22 ` N. Jackson
2017-02-27 8:04 ` martin rudalics
2017-02-27 17:56 ` N. Jackson
2017-02-28 9:46 ` martin rudalics
2017-02-25 7:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-26 22:09 ` N. Jackson
2017-03-23 7:59 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-23 13:47 ` Drew Adams
2017-03-23 14:34 ` N. Jackson
2017-03-24 9:01 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-24 20:37 ` N. Jackson
2017-03-25 9:25 ` martin rudalics
2017-03-23 15:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-24 9:02 ` martin rudalics
2017-04-27 19:45 ` N. Jackson
2017-04-27 19:52 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-04-28 14:15 ` N. Jackson
2017-04-28 14:25 ` N. Jackson
2017-09-25 16:31 ` N. Jackson
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