Re: GTK3 Emacs

[joakim@verona.se]

David De La Harpe Golden <david@harpegolden.net> writes:

> On 05/07/11 07:23, joakim@verona.se wrote:
>> Ken Raeburn<raeburn@raeburn.org>  writes:
>>
>>> On Jun 30, 2011, at 16:43, joakim@verona.se wrote:
>>>> I noticed that is now possible to compile Emacs with GTK3. It looks
>>>> pretty good! Thanks guys!
>>>
>>> By any chance does GTK3 fix the multiple-display bugs that keep some of us using the non-GTK configuration?  (From previous discussions, I expect this is a long shot...)
>>
>> No idea. I can test it if you tell me the bug number!
>>
> Presumably the one gtk2 emacs daemon mode now warns about.
>
> -8<----------
>
> david@golden1:~$ emacs --daemon
>
> Warning: due to a long standing Gtk+ bug
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715Emacs might crash when run in daemon mode and the X11 connection is
> unexpectedly lost.
> Using an Emacs configured with --with-x-toolkit=lucid does not have
> this problem.
>
> -8<----------
>
> If the problem is still present in gtk3, and a comment on the bug
> suggests it is - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715#c55, I guess gtk3 emacs daemon mode should spit out a similar warning (if
> it doesn't already, I haven't got as far as trying a gtk3 emacs build
> yet).

The problem perists sadly. I did get the same warning also.

This was sad, I used mtty-emacs a lot before, but not so much lately, so
I suppose thats why I didnt notice it.

I suppose you've alredy looked at using NX or VNC as a workaround.

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Joakim Verona