From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: multi-tty branch + GTK (Re: copyrights to be fixed) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:45:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200702090136.25838.pogonyshev@gmx.net> <86irebhkgg.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <87r6szr7c7.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> <85d54gkd4j.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <45CF2DF9.1000806@swipnet.se> <45D203AB.6070306@lorentey.hu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1171475240 23092 80.91.229.12 (14 Feb 2007 17:47:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:47:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jan.h.d@swipnet.se, joakim@verona.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?K=E1roly_Lo=22rentey?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 14 18:47:12 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HHODd-0003Mn-B8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:47:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HHODc-0007Fh-TO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:47:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HHODM-0007D5-QM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HHODM-0007CJ-8V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HHODM-0007C6-0o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HHODL-0005bn-Lh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:46:43 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HHOC2-0000kr-Gi; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:45:22 -0500 In-reply-to: <45D203AB.6070306@lorentey.hu> (message from =?ISO-8859-15?Q?K=E1roly_Lo=22rentey?= on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:30:03 +0100) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:66392 Archived-At: > Does the current version work properly with multiple terminals > when built with GTK? Multiple X server support is disabled in the GTK build of the multi-tty branch due to the GTK bug cited above. My question is what the _current_ version of Emacs does with multiple terminals (X terminals, that is), when it is built with GTK. However, that answer is important, because it shows we cannot merge in the multi-tty support under present circumstances. It would imply a significant loss of functionality for users of X. Incidentally, most of the multiple X display support comes from the trunk, so the bug is reproducible there as well. It is unlikely to occur in normal usage, though: the trunk does not normally disconnect from an X server, while the multi-tty branch disconnects immediately when the last frame is deleted. It is the act of disconnection that triggers the GTK crash. That answers my question. One possible work-around would be not to disconnect from an X server. Can someone change the multi-tty branch so that, when built with GTK, it does not try to disconnect? Then it could support multiple X terminals with GTK as well as the current version does. This obstacle to merging in the multi-tty branch would be gone.