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24.3.50; emacsclient -c is broken for cygw32 builds when DISPLAY set

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From: Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3.50; emacsclient -c is broken for cygw32 builds when DISPLAY set
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 11:29:35 -0700

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$ echo $DISPLAY
:0
$ ~/bin/emacs -Q -f server-start &
[1] 10024
$ jobs -l
[1]+ 10024 Running                 ~/bin/emacs -Q -f server-start &
$ ~/bin/emacsclient --eval '(list (emacs-pid) (length (frame-list)))'
(10024 1)
$ ############## W32 GUI frame was created as expected for a cygw32 build
$
$ ~/bin/emacsclient -nc new-file-1
$ ~/bin/emacsclient --eval '(list (emacs-pid) (length (frame-list)))'
(10024 1)
$ ############## incorrect behavior:
$ #   new-file-1 replaces *scratch* in the existing frame/window
$ ############## expected behavior:
$ #   new-file-1 should appear in a newly-created frame per
$ #   emacsclient's documentation:
$ emacsclient --help | grep -A1 -- -c
-c, --create-frame      Create a new frame instead of trying to
                        use the current Emacs frame
$
$ ############## open another new file, this time with DISPLAY unset:
$ env -u DISPLAY ~/bin/emacsclient -nc new-file-2
$ ~/bin/emacsclient --eval '(list (emacs-pid) (length (frame-list)))'
(10024 2)
$ ############## new-file-2 appears in a newly created frame as expected
$
$ ############## version information:
$ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 myhost 1.7.25(0.270/5/3) 2013-08-31 20:39 i686 Cygwin
$ git remote -v
origin  git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git (fetch)
origin  git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git (push)
$ git log | head -5
commit 8242d7ac11b16015cbc1f6de3780d6df87d2d72e
Author: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 26 21:05:50 2013 +0200

    * doc-view.el (doc-view-reset-zoom-level): New command.


In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-cygwin)
of 2013-09-26 on myhost
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
`configure --with-w32 --prefix=/home/josh'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_CTYPE: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

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

Recent input:
M-: ( e m a c s - p i d ) <return> M-: <up> ( l i s
t SPC C-e S-SPC ( l e n g t h SPC ( f r a m e - l i
s t ) ) <return> M-: <up> C-e ) ( <backspace> <return>
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-x C-c <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1>
M-x r e p o r t - e m a c s - b u g <return>

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
10024 (#o23450, #x2728)
(New file) [2 times]
read--expression: End of file during parsing
(10024 2)
(No files need saving)

Load-path shadows:
None found.

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Message #8 received at 15507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org>
Cc: 15507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15507: 24.3.50; emacsclient -c is broken for cygw32 builds
 when DISPLAY set
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:29:26 +0200

Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org> writes:

> $ echo $DISPLAY
> :0
> $ ~/bin/emacs -Q -f server-start &
> [1] 10024
> $ jobs -l
> [1]+ 10024 Running                 ~/bin/emacs -Q -f server-start &
> $ ~/bin/emacsclient --eval '(list (emacs-pid) (length (frame-list)))'
> (10024 1)
> $ ############## W32 GUI frame was created as expected for a cygw32 build
> $
> $ ~/bin/emacsclient -nc new-file-1
> $ ~/bin/emacsclient --eval '(list (emacs-pid) (length (frame-list)))'
> (10024 1)
> $ ############## incorrect behavior:
> $ #   new-file-1 replaces *scratch* in the existing frame/window
> $ ############## expected behavior:
> $ #   new-file-1 should appear in a newly-created frame per
> $ #   emacsclient's documentation:
> $ emacsclient --help | grep -A1 -- -c
> -c, --create-frame      Create a new frame instead of trying to
>                         use the current Emacs frame
> $
> $ ############## open another new file, this time with DISPLAY unset:
> $ env -u DISPLAY ~/bin/emacsclient -nc new-file-2
> $ ~/bin/emacsclient --eval '(list (emacs-pid) (length (frame-list)))'
> (10024 2)
> $ ############## new-file-2 appears in a newly created frame as expected
> $
> $ ############## version information:
> $ uname -a
> CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 myhost 1.7.25(0.270/5/3) 2013-08-31 20:39 i686 Cygwin
> $ git remote -v
> origin  git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git (fetch)
> origin  git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git (push)
> $ git log | head -5
> commit 8242d7ac11b16015cbc1f6de3780d6df87d2d72e
> Author: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
> Date:   Thu Sep 26 21:05:50 2013 +0200
>
>     * doc-view.el (doc-view-reset-zoom-level): New command.

That was 6 years ago.  Are you still seeing this on a more modern
version of Emacs?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

Message #13 received at 15507-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org>
Cc: 15507-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15507: 24.3.50;
 emacsclient -c is broken for cygw32 builds when DISPLAY set
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 21:51:59 +0100

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> That was 6 years ago.  Are you still seeing this on a more modern
> version of Emacs?

More information was requested, but none was given within 4 weeks, so
I'm closing this bug.  If this is still an issue, please reopen the bug
report.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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