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23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient vs --daemon, when Viper mode is loaded

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: zack <at> upsilon.cc (Stefano Zacchiroli)
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Cc: rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient run against --daemon
Date: Fri,  3 Oct 2008 16:53:30 +0200 (CEST)

  [ Disclaimer: I'm not sure this bug is legitimate, as it is about an
  emacs feature (--daemon) which is not even yet documented. Feel free
  to close it as bogus; I'm reporting it in the hope it is useful
  feedback ]

  I'm routinely using "emacsclient -c" against a main Emacs which have
  a (server-start) in its ~/.emacs to start the Emacs server by
  default. Everything is fine in that setting.

  However, if instead of using a main Emacs I use an Emacs demonized
  with --daemon, then the clients started by "emacsclient -c" start
  properly, but they ignore setting about font faces. 

  For reference, the customized faces I'm using have been set using
  Custom, here is the relevant sexp from my ~/.emacs:

  (custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "white"
  :foreground "black" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil
  :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 90
  :width normal :foundry "monospace" :family "monospace"))))


In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.11)
 of 2008-09-28 on elegiac, modified by Debian
 (emacs-snapshot package, version 1:20080928-1)
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10402000
configured using `configure  '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--host' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs-snapshot:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.0.60/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.0.60/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=5000 -g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-g -Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: it_IT.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Emacs-Lisp

Minor modes in effect:
  iswitchb-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

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Message #10 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> upsilon.cc>
To: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: 1066 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: Acknowledgement (23.0.60; font faces setting ignored
	by emacsclient run against --daemon)
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:10:17 +0100

FWIW, it is very likely that this bug (#1078) is a duplicate of #1066.

Cheers.

-- 
Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7
zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/
I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled /\ All one has to do is hit the
XML stuff is so ... simplistic  -- Manoj \/ right keys at the right time

Message #13 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> upsilon.cc>
Cc: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient run against --daemon
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:45:58 -0700 (PDT)

zack <at> upsilon.cc (Stefano Zacchiroli) writes:

  >   [ Disclaimer: I'm not sure this bug is legitimate, as it is about an
  >   emacs feature (--daemon) which is not even yet documented. 

Please check the manual, and emacs --help.

  > 
  >   I'm routinely using "emacsclient -c" against a main Emacs which have
  >   a (server-start) in its ~/.emacs to start the Emacs server by
  >   default. Everything is fine in that setting.
  > 
  >   However, if instead of using a main Emacs I use an Emacs demonized
  >   with --daemon, then the clients started by "emacsclient -c" start
  >   properly, but they ignore setting about font faces. 
  > 
  >   For reference, the customized faces I'm using have been set using
  >   Custom, here is the relevant sexp from my ~/.emacs:
  > 
  >   (custom-set-faces
  >   ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
  >   ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
  >   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
  >   ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
  >  '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "white"
  >   :foreground "black" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil
  >   :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 90
  >   :width normal :foundry "monospace" :family "monospace"))))

I slightly changed your code to make the background blue and the font
underline to be able to easily check that setting the face and font work
(no idea how to deal with the foundry and family...)

(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "blue"
			 :foreground "black" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil
			 :overline nil :underline t :slant normal :weight normal :height 90
			 :width normal :foundry "monospace" :family "monospace")))))


and frames created with:
emacs
and  emacs --daemon  ; emacsclient -c 

look identical.

Message #18 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Cc: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient
	run against --daemon
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 09:44:38 +0100

On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 10:45:58PM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
>   >   [ Disclaimer: I'm not sure this bug is legitimate, as it is about an
>   >   emacs feature (--daemon) which is not even yet documented. 
> 
> Please check the manual, and emacs --help.

$ emacs --help 2>&1 | grep daemon
$ 

The manual in fact now describes --daemon in the initial option
section, my bad.

> I slightly changed your code to make the background blue and the font
> underline to be able to easily check that setting the face and font work
> (no idea how to deal with the foundry and family...)
> 
> (custom-set-faces
>  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
>  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
>  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
>  '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "blue"
> 			 :foreground "black" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil
> 			 :overline nil :underline t :slant normal :weight normal :height 90
> 			 :width normal :foundry "monospace" :family "monospace")))))
> 
> 
> and frames created with:
> emacs
> and  emacs --daemon  ; emacsclient -c 
> 
> look identical.

I've tried with your settings, but unfortunately here they do not look
identical at all. The one created with "emacs" has a blue background,
while the one created with "emacs --daemon ; emacsclient -c" has the
default pale yellow background.

How can I help you discovering more info about this issue from my
machine?

Cheers.

-- 
Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7
zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/
I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled /\ All one has to do is hit the
XML stuff is so ... simplistic  -- Manoj \/ right keys at the right time

Message #21 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
Cc: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient run against --daemon
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 03:26:46 -0700 (PDT)

Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org> writes:

  > On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 10:45:58PM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
  > >   >   [ Disclaimer: I'm not sure this bug is legitimate, as it is about an
  > >   >   emacs feature (--daemon) which is not even yet documented. 
  > > 
  > > Please check the manual, and emacs --help.
  > 
  > $ emacs --help 2>&1 | grep daemon

Your emacs is not up to date.

  > I've tried with your settings, but unfortunately here they do not look
  > identical at all. The one created with "emacs" has a blue background,
  > while the one created with "emacs --daemon ; emacsclient -c" has the
  > default pale yellow background.
  > 
  > How can I help you discovering more info about this issue from my
  > machine?

There's a chance that this would work for you too when you update your
emacs.  Other than that, I don't know.

Message #26 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Cc: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient
	run against --daemon
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 17:34:24 +0100

On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 03:26:46AM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
>   > $ emacs --help 2>&1 | grep daemon
> Your emacs is not up to date.

OK, thanks, I'll give a try when a new snapshot will be available and
keep this bug posted.


Cheers.

PS Romain: hint, hint :)

-- 
Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7
zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/
I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled /\ All one has to do is hit the
XML stuff is so ... simplistic  -- Manoj \/ right keys at the right time

Message #31 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Cc: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient
	run against --daemon
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 10:22:53 +0100

On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 05:34:24PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 03:26:46AM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
> >   > $ emacs --help 2>&1 | grep daemon
> > Your emacs is not up to date.

OK, now it is:

    zack <at> usha:~$ emacs --help|grep daemon
    --daemon                    start a server in the background
    zack <at> usha:~$ emacs --version |head -n 1
    GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1

> OK, thanks, I'll give a try when a new snapshot will be available and
> keep this bug posted.

Still, the problem persists: font faces are set properly in main Emacs
and in its clients, but not in clients of the daemonized Emacs.

Cheers.

-- 
Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7
zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/
I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled /\ All one has to do is hit the
XML stuff is so ... simplistic  -- Manoj \/ right keys at the right time

Message #34 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
Cc: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient run against --daemon
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 03:13:11 -0700 (PDT)

Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org> writes:

  > On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 05:34:24PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
  > > On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 03:26:46AM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
  > > OK, thanks, I'll give a try when a new snapshot will be available and
  > > keep this bug posted.
  > 
  > Still, the problem persists: font faces are set properly in main Emacs
  > and in its clients, but not in clients of the daemonized Emacs.

Unfortunately given that I can't reproduce the problem, I can't really
help debug it.  Maybe Romain can.

Message #37 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
Cc: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient run against --daemon
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:32:03 -0700 (PDT)

Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org> writes:

  > On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 05:34:24PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
  > > On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 03:26:46AM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
  > > >   > $ emacs --help 2>&1 | grep daemon
  > > > Your emacs is not up to date.
  > 
  > OK, now it is:
  > 
  >     zack <at> usha:~$ emacs --help|grep daemon
  >     --daemon                    start a server in the background
  >     zack <at> usha:~$ emacs --version |head -n 1
  >     GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1
  > 
  > > OK, thanks, I'll give a try when a new snapshot will be available and
  > > keep this bug posted.
  > 
  > Still, the problem persists: font faces are set properly in main Emacs
  > and in its clients, but not in clients of the daemonized Emacs.

Can you please try to see if you can reproduce the problem with emacs
from CVS ?
Get it from CVS, and then do:
./configure && make
and run src/emacs

Message #42 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Cc: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient
	run against --daemon
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 09:14:35 +0100

On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 01:32:03PM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
> Can you please try to see if you can reproduce the problem with emacs
> from CVS ?
> Get it from CVS, and then do:
> ./configure && make
> and run src/emacs

I'm already using the emacs-snapshot package provided by Romain. The
version I'm using is 20081005, which is a CVS snapshot from 2 days
ago.

Cheers.

-- 
Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7
zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/
I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled /\ All one has to do is hit the
XML stuff is so ... simplistic  -- Manoj \/ right keys at the right time

Message #45 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
Cc: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient run against --daemon
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 07:16:12 -0700 (PDT)

Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org> writes:

  > On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 01:32:03PM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
  > > Can you please try to see if you can reproduce the problem with emacs
  > > from CVS ?
  > > Get it from CVS, and then do:
  > > ./configure && make
  > > and run src/emacs
  > 
  > I'm already using the emacs-snapshot package provided by Romain. The
  > version I'm using is 20081005, which is a CVS snapshot from 2 days
  > ago.

AFAIK, the debian package has changes vs CVS, I wanted to make totally
sure that those changes are not the ones causing you to see what you
see.

Message #50 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Romain Francoise <rfrancoise <at> debian.org>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Cc: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>, 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient run against --daemon
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:08:31 +0200

Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu> writes:

> Unfortunately given that I can't reproduce the problem, I can't
> really help debug it.  Maybe Romain can.

I can't reproduce it here, neither with emacs-snapshot 20081005-1
nor with CVS HEAD as of a few moments ago.

Zack, do you have any other settings in your init files which could
be relevant?

Thanks,
-- 
Romain Francoise <rfrancoise <at> debian.org>
http://people.debian.org/~rfrancoise/

Message #55 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Romain Francoise <rfrancoise <at> debian.org>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Cc: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>, 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient run against --daemon
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:10:18 +0200

Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu> writes:

> AFAIK, the debian package has changes vs CVS [...]

None that would be relevant in this case.  For reference, the
emacs-snapshot patches can be browsed at:

 http://git.orebokech.com/?p=debian/emacs-snapshot.git;a=tree;f=patches

-- 
Romain Francoise <rfrancoise <at> debian.org>
http://people.debian.org/~rfrancoise/

Message #60 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
To: Romain Francoise <rfrancoise <at> debian.org>
Cc: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>, 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient
	run against --daemon
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:02:48 +0200

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On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 08:08:31PM +0200, Romain Francoise wrote:
> I can't reproduce it here, neither with emacs-snapshot 20081005-1
> nor with CVS HEAD as of a few moments ago.
> 
> Zack, do you have any other settings in your init files which could
> be relevant?

My full Emacs configuration is attached (it is not that big actually),
have a look and let me know if you see anything weird I should comment
out before trying again.

All files other than ~/.emacs itself are stored in my ~/.emacs.d/ .

Cheers

-- 
Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7
zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/
I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled /\ All one has to do is hit the
XML stuff is so ... simplistic  -- Manoj \/ right keys at the right time

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Message #63 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
Cc: Romain Francoise <rfrancoise <at> debian.org>, 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient run against --daemon
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:30:45 -0700 (PDT)

Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org> writes:

  > On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 08:08:31PM +0200, Romain Francoise wrote:
  > > I can't reproduce it here, neither with emacs-snapshot 20081005-1
  > > nor with CVS HEAD as of a few moments ago.
  > > 
  > > Zack, do you have any other settings in your init files which could
  > > be relevant?
  > 
  > My full Emacs configuration is attached (it is not that big actually),
  > have a look and let me know if you see anything weird I should comment
  > out before trying again.
  > 
  > All files other than ~/.emacs itself are stored in my ~/.emacs.d/ .

Normally we ask people to debug their own .emacs...
But only this time I took a quick look, and you have:
(setq viper-mode t)            ;; I'm an Emacs rebel!
(require 'viper)
which from what I remember wants to do some stuff interactively, so
please try to comment out that part and see if things work.  Just
guessing here... 

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From: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Cc: Romain Francoise <rfrancoise <at> debian.org>, 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient
	run against --daemon
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:34:17 +0200

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retitle 1078 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient vs --daemon, when Viper mode is loaded

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 06:30:45AM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
> Normally we ask people to debug their own .emacs...

I fully understand, I attached them only because (I thought) I was
asked that. Anyhow thanks for trying, and in fact ...

> But only this time I took a quick look, and you have:
> (setq viper-mode t)            ;; I'm an Emacs rebel!
> (require 'viper)

... bingo! Viper is the culprit, removing it font faces are set
properly. Still, it is part of the standard Emacs distribution, so I
guess the bug is still relevant, isn't it? I've retitled the bug
report, let me know if you want me to forward it to the Viper
maintainer.

Thanks for the nice catch.
Cheers.

-- 
Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7
zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/
Dietro un grande uomo c'è sempre /oo\ All one has to do is hit the right
uno zaino        -- A.Bergonzoni \__/ keys at the right time -- J.S.Bach

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Message #73 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
Cc: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Romain Francoise <rfrancoise <at> debian.org>
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient run against --daemon
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:22:57 -0700

Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org> writes:

  > retitle 1078 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient vs --daemon, when Viper mode is loaded
  > 
  > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 06:30:45AM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
  > > Normally we ask people to debug their own .emacs...
  > 
  > I fully understand, I attached them only because (I thought) I was
  > asked that. Anyhow thanks for trying, and in fact ...
  > 
  > > But only this time I took a quick look, and you have:
  > > (setq viper-mode t)            ;; I'm an Emacs rebel!
  > > (require 'viper)
  > 
  > ... bingo! Viper is the culprit, removing it font faces are set
  > properly. Still, it is part of the standard Emacs distribution, so I
  > guess the bug is still relevant, isn't it? I've retitled the bug
  > report, let me know if you want me to forward it to the Viper
  > maintainer.

That would be probably helpful.

  > Thanks for the nice catch.

You're welcome!

       --dan

Message #76 received at 1078-forwarded <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
To: Michael Kifer <kifer <at> cs.stonybrook.edu>
Cc: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>,
        1078-forwarded <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
        Romain Francoise <rfrancoise <at> debian.org>
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient
	run against --daemon
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:11:39 +0200

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:22:57PM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
> Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org> writes:
>   > > But only this time I took a quick look, and you have:
>   > > (setq viper-mode t)            ;; I'm an Emacs rebel!
>   > > (require 'viper)
>   > ... bingo! Viper is the culprit, removing it font faces are set
>   > properly. Still, it is part of the standard Emacs distribution, so I
>   > guess the bug is still relevant, isn't it? I've retitled the bug
>   > report, let me know if you want me to forward it to the Viper
>   > maintainer.
> That would be probably helpful.

Hi Michael,

a while ago I've reported a bug against Emacs not respecting font-face
settings when --daemon was in use (a feature provided by current Emacs
snapshot). It has been discovered that the bug is triggered by Viper,
when it is not configured to be loaded the bug vanishes.

The full bug story is available at
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=1078.

Can you maybe have a look?

Many thanks in advance,
Cheers.

-- 
Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7
zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/
Dietro un grande uomo c'è sempre /oo\ All one has to do is hit the right
uno zaino        -- A.Bergonzoni \__/ keys at the right time -- J.S.Bach

Message #81 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
To: Michael Kifer <kifer <at> cs.stonybrook.edu>
Cc: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient
	run against --daemon
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:42:16 +0200

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On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 09:12:21PM -0400, Michael Kifer wrote:
> I can take a look, but doubt that this is a viper problem.
> What is the minimal .emacs that triggers this behavior?

Very basic ~/.emacs which is just enabling Viper (and setting custom
font faces, because otherwise it is not possible to actually observe
the problem) is enough. Similarly, I'm able to reproduce it with a
very basic ~/.viper, only setting the expert level to 5.

Both sample files are attached.

TIA,
Cheers.

-- 
Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7
zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/
Dietro un grande uomo c'è sempre /oo\ All one has to do is hit the right
uno zaino        -- A.Bergonzoni \__/ keys at the right time -- J.S.Bach

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Message #82 received at 1078-forwarded <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Kifer <kifer <at> cs.sunysb.edu>
To: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org>
Cc: Michael Kifer <kifer <at> cs.stonybrook.edu>,
        Dan Nicolaescu
 <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>,
        1078-forwarded <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
        Romain
 Francoise <rfrancoise <at> debian.org>
Subject: Re: bug#1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient
 run against --daemon
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:09:53 -0400

This is not a viper problem. Seems like something with advice when it is loaded
before custom-set-faces. Try this as the .emacs file - the same problem.

(require 'advice)

(custom-set-faces
 '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "white" :foreground "black" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 90 :width normal :foundry "monospace" :family "monospace")))))

There is no problem what advice is loaded after.


On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:11:39 +0200
Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:22:57PM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
> > Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> debian.org> writes:
> >   > > But only this time I took a quick look, and you have:
> >   > > (setq viper-mode t)            ;; I'm an Emacs rebel!
> >   > > (require 'viper)
> >   > ... bingo! Viper is the culprit, removing it font faces are set
> >   > properly. Still, it is part of the standard Emacs distribution, so I
> >   > guess the bug is still relevant, isn't it? I've retitled the bug
> >   > report, let me know if you want me to forward it to the Viper
> >   > maintainer.
> > That would be probably helpful.
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> a while ago I've reported a bug against Emacs not respecting font-face
> settings when --daemon was in use (a feature provided by current Emacs
> snapshot). It has been discovered that the bug is triggered by Viper,
> when it is not configured to be loaded the bug vanishes.
> 
> The full bug story is available at
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=1078.
> 
> Can you maybe have a look?
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> Cheers.
> 

Message #87 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient vs --daemon, when Viper mode is loaded
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:05:03 -0800 (PST)

I think this has been fixed, please close it if so.

Message #94 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> upsilon.cc>
To: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: control <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078 acknowledged by developer (close 1078)
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:15:04 +0100

reopen 1078
thanks

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:00:03PM -0800, Emacs bug Tracking System wrote:
> This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report
> #1078: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient vs --daemon, when Viper mode is loaded,
> which was filed against the emacs package.
> 
> It has been marked as closed by one of the developers, namely
> Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>.

Why has it been closed?

I can still reproduce it, and I'm using an Emacs snapshot not older
than 3 days ago.

Please explain.
Reopening the bug in the mean time.

Cheers.

-- 
Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7
zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/
Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..|  .  |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie
sempre uno zaino ...........| ..: |.... Je dis tu à tous ceux que j'aime

Message #101 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient vs --daemon, when Viper mode is loaded
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:55:12 -0800 (PST)

The problem seems to related to face setting.

Using the .emacs and .viper given in a previous message:

.emacs:

(setq viper-mode t) (require 'viper)
(custom-set-faces
 '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "white" :foreground "black" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 90 :width normal :foundry "monospace" :family "monospace")))))


.viper:

(setq viper-inhibit-startup-message   t
      viper-expert-level              5)


And then run 

emacs --daemon --eval '(setq debug-on-error t)'

emacsclient -c ~/emacs

then use C-x C-e on the `custom-set-faces' form.
It gets this error:



Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Undefined color" "unspecified-fg")
  internal-set-lisp-face-attribute(default :foreground "unspecified-fg" #<frame buildem <at> dannlt 0x898e680>)
  set-face-attribute(default #<frame buildem <at> dannlt 0x898e680> :stipple nil :background "unspecified-bg" :foreground "unspecified-fg" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 1 :width normal :foundry "default" :family "default")
  apply(set-face-attribute default #<frame buildem <at> dannlt 0x898e680> (:stipple nil :background "unspecified-bg" :foreground "unspecified-fg" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 1 :width normal :foundry "default" :family "default"))
  face-spec-set-2(default #<frame buildem <at> dannlt 0x898e680> ((t :stipple nil :background "unspecified-bg" :foreground "unspecified-fg" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 1 :width normal :foundry "default" :family "default")))
  face-spec-recalc(default #<frame buildem <at> dannlt 0x898e680>)
  face-spec-set(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "white" :foreground "black" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 90 :width normal :foundry "monospace" :family "monospace"))) t)
  custom-theme-set-faces(user (default ((t ...))))
  apply(custom-theme-set-faces user (default ((t ...))))
  custom-set-faces((default ((t ...))))
  eval((custom-set-faces (quote (default ...))))
  eval-last-sexp-1(nil)
  eval-last-sexp(nil)
  call-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil nil)


This does not happen if not using "(setq viper-mode t) (require 'viper)"

Message #106 received at 1078-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Cc: 1078-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, zack <at> upsilon.cc,
        rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient run against --daemon
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:03:51 -0400

Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:

> I'm routinely using "emacsclient -c" against a main Emacs which have
> a (server-start) in its ~/.emacs to start the Emacs server by
> default. Everything is fine in that setting.
>
> However, if instead of using a main Emacs I use an Emacs demonized
> with --daemon, then the clients started by "emacsclient -c" start
> properly, but they ignore setting about font faces.

I found the problem.  Viper loads advice, which loads help-fns.el, which
defines the `help-argument-name' face.  In daemon mode, this causes this
face to be defined out of order, before the foreground and background
colors are initialized.  This can be solved by moving
`help-argument-name' into faces.el.

I've checked the fix into CVS trunk.

Message #111 received at 1078 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> pps.jussieu.fr>
To: 1078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1078 closed by Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> (Re:
	23.0.60; font faces setting ignored by emacsclient run against
	--daemon)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:25:48 +0000

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 04:10:06PM +0000, Emacs bug Tracking System wrote:
> I found the problem.  Viper loads advice, which loads help-fns.el, which
> defines the `help-argument-name' face.  In daemon mode, this causes this
> face to be defined out of order, before the foreground and background
> colors are initialized.  This can be solved by moving
> `help-argument-name' into faces.el.
> 
> I've checked the fix into CVS trunk.

Wonderful!, thanks a lot.

Cheers.

-- 
Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7
zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/
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