Re: error running emacs installed with guix

[Mekeor Melire <mekeor.melire@gmail.com>]

I guess, this information is pretty obvious, but I can tell you that
this is a GTK specific issue. Personally, I use Emacs with
athena-toolkit (libxaw) instead of GTK. I did not encounter this problem
with it.

If you're interested, this is the package definition:

    (define-public own-emacs
        (package
            (inherit emacs)
            (name "emacs")
            (synopsis "The extensible, customizable, self-documenting text editor
    with athena toolkit" )
            (build-system gnu-build-system)
            (inputs `(
                ("inotify-tools" ,inotify-tools)
                ("libxaw" ,libxaw)
                ,@(alist-delete "gtk+" (package-inputs emacs))))
            (arguments `(
                #:configure-flags '("--with-x-toolkit=athena")
    ,@(package-arguments emacs)))))


Niall Dooley <dooleyn@gmail.com> writes:

> Just to add I too encounter the same problem.
>
> Niall
>
> On 12 November 2017 at 21:30, Adonay Felipe Nogueira <adfeno@hyperbola.info>
> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, I also experienced this issue...
>>
>> Even starting Emacs with `-Q' option doesn't help.
>>
>> Mason Hock <masonhock@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > I have installed emacs with Guix. When I try to run it I get
>> >
>> > Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
>> > Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "topmenu-gtk-module"
>> >
>> > followed by many
>> >
>> > (emacs-25-3:7212): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error:*
>> >
>> > messages, and then
>> >
>> > GLib-GIO-Message: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend.  Your settings
>> > will not be saved or shared with other applications.
>> > Fatal error 6: Aborted
>> > Backtrace:
>> > /gnu/store/5jfh7wlrkc0lhrfdaijsjgz8w9bwqxvf-emacs-25.3/bin/emacs-
>> > 25.3[0x81393ec]
>> > ...
>> > Aborted (core dumped)
>> >
>> >
>> > Does anyone know what to make of this?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Mason


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