From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12279: 24.2.50; x-window-property always returns nil Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:59:52 +0200 Message-ID: <87lih1hcef.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: <874nnrhwwk.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <87bohx7odx.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1345998831 6670 80.91.229.3 (26 Aug 2012 16:33:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:33:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12279@debbugs.gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 26 18:33:51 2012 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 1T5fmY-00085S-0Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:33:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35623 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T5fmW-0007tk-4y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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s=smtpout; bh=ESRdn/psoR6C5b4UUSINZyqWaG4=; b=Qd2A/1wt4QxeytXZCqb9itkRhGTE 7vynQtuoil3fJrHVuPTSC2ykG3S90ctioOuDeUUgVM+uc8v2VJ8Hsumvp7si+7k8 oy2r08n24ZTpnwbgLz5YV00MC5k1KHBv4fO25JBVgJbuxSuaZ7wXWgulnSUHHaks GXJHlc88aNa5DuI= X-Sasl-enc: rpL89sEIHXYvem/6ub9edUxcQUdzOFonj6diJS53RN19 1345996794 Original-Received: from thinkpad.tsdh.de (unknown [91.67.11.36]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 8FACE8E017C; Sun, 26 Aug 2012 11:59:54 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87bohx7odx.fsf@gnu.org> (Chong Yidong's message of "Sun, 26 Aug 2012 21:51:06 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list 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:63508 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: >> Running GNU/Linux with Xorg, since some time I cannot get X window >> properties anymore, that is, using emacs -Q (3 days old bzr >> checkout), all of these return nil: >> >> (x-window-property "WM_HINTS" nil "WM_HINTS" nil nil t) >> (x-window-property "WM_PROTOCOLS") >> (x-window-property "WM_NAME") >> >> I used xprop to get all X properies of the emacs frame itself, and I >> can't get any of them using `x-window-property'. >> >> In GNU Emacs 24.2.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.4) >> of 2012-08-23 on thinkpad > > Can't really reproduce. With latest trunk, also with a GTK 3 build > (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.2), I get > > M-: (x-window-property "WM_HINTS" nil "WM_HINTS" nil nil t) > ==> [2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0] I've updated my bzr checkout, and now it works again. However, with the slightly less recend emacs I'm currently running, I get nil. This was built on ,----[ C-h v emacs-build-time RET ] | emacs-build-time is a variable defined in `version.el'. | Its value is (20534 28456 614398 31000) `---- which should be no more than 5 minutes later than the bzr update. emacs-bzr-version is nil, so I cannot give the precise revision number. Anyway, I'm happy it works again. Bye, Tassilo