Package: emacs;
Reported by: Ken Raeburn <raeburn <at> permabit.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:29:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 24.1
Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
From: Ken Raeburn <raeburn <at> permabit.com> To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org Subject: 24.1; desktop doesn't handle unclean restart under daemon mode Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:25:02 -0400
The default configuration of desktop (aside from actually enabling it, via customize) can prompt as to whether a desktop configuration that "appears to be in use" by another process should be used. In daemon mode (e.g., started by emacsclient -c -a ""), the prompt is displayed to stdout on the tty invoking emacsclient, if there is one. (Maybe because emacs is started on that tty initially?) If emacsclient is launched by a button in the gnome panel, so there is no tty available, a stream of "Back to top level" messages seems to get written to a log file (.xsession-errors), and I doesn't see anything happen; no window comes up. Yes, I can just adjust my preferences, and I probably will, but the default behavior when both of these handy modes are used together shouldn't be to loop if the desktop file seems to be in use. In GNU Emacs 24.1.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2012-06-11 on just-testing.permabit.com Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10707000 Configured using: `configure '--prefix=/permabit/user/raeburn/I64/install/emacs-24.1.squeeze' '--with-x-toolkit=lucid'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: C value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: nil default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: CPerl Minor modes in effect: rcirc-track-minor-mode: t whitespace-mode: t desktop-save-mode: t jabber-activity-mode: t display-time-mode: t which-function-mode: t icomplete-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: <return> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down> <up> <return> <backspace> C-x u C-x u <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> M-x e m a c s - <M-backspace> r e p o r t <tab> <return> C-g M-x e <backspace> r e p o <tab> r t - q <tab> <return> d e s k t o p , d a e m o n <return> <help-echo> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <return> <help-echo> C-l C-x C-b C-x 0 C-v C-v M-v M-v M-v M-< C-x k <return> C-f C-f C-h f C-g C-h c <return> C-x k <return> M-x r e p o r t - e m <tab> <return> Recent messages: Undo! 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