From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8562: Emacs 23.1 and later don't work in windows 98 Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:21:12 +0200 Message-ID: <83wrbpa02v.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83d3k88k6o.fsf@gnu.org> <83wri4kpwb.fsf@gnu.org> <83d3j9e2pn.fsf@gnu.org> <8339k3esws.fsf@gnu.org> <83wrhed91s.fsf@gnu.org> <838vtscbeu.fsf@gnu.org> <83vcwvc1eq.fsf@gnu.org> <83vcwsf2ra.fsf@gnu.org> <83k4d6fuph.fsf@gnu.org> <83pqmve2s2.fsf@gnu.org> <837h92dqai.fsf@gnu.org> <83r579c6wn.fsf@gnu.org> <8362ohcrht.fsf@gnu.org> <83ehyxc6ts.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1319797342 11342 80.91.229.12 (28 Oct 2011 10:22:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:22:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8562@debbugs.gnu.org To: oslsachem Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 28 12:22:17 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RJjZo-0000yT-6h for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:22:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43454 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJjZl-0001wP-C0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:22:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52694) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJjZi-0001wB-6x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:22:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJjZg-00028w-Tw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:22:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:47676) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJjZg-00028s-SN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:22:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RJjbW-0003iu-9Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:24:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:24:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8562 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs,w32 X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8562-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8562.131979738214242 (code B ref 8562); Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:24:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8562) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Oct 2011 10:23:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RJjaY-0003hf-6O for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RJjaV-0003hE-9M for 8562@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:23:00 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LTR00M00TZ65800@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 8562@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:21:04 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.124.212.197]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LTR00L88U33GIE0@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:21:04 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:24:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:53243 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:38:55 +0200 > From: oslsachem > > > Which process stays hidden -- the original runemacs.exe or emacs.exe > > that is run by runemacs.exe? > > Judging by the GDB log > > http://www.speedyshare.com/files/30954233/RunemacsGDB.txt > > and the process viewer window (WinTop) > > http://www.speedyshare.com/files/30954234/RunemacsProcessViewer.png > > , I would say that the original runemacs.exe process exits > successfully after launching the emacs.exe process, which is the one > that stays hidden in the background. It is strange that I cannot reproduce this on my XP box. (I simulated a Windows 9X system by inverting the is_9x test in w32_load_unicows_or_gdi32, and modified the name of the DLL to something that doesn't exist on my system.) When I run "runemacs -Q" both from the command prompt and from a desktop shortcut, I get the abort dialog in both cases telling that UNICOWS.DLL was not found etc. Does it matter in your case whether Emacs is invoked from the command prompt or from a shortcut? Jason, could you perhaps help me out here, by looking at the patch I posted in this bug report? Did I do something wrong with how I invoke the error dialog that might not work on Windows 9X, when Emacs is invoked via runemacs? If nothing else gives a clue, I think I can make a similar test in runemacs.exe and pop up the error dialog from there. Thanks.