Subject: bug#15507: closed (Re: bug#15507: 24.3.50; emacsclient -c is broken for cygw32 builds when DISPLAY set)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:53:02 +0000

Your bug report

#15507: 24.3.50; emacsclient -c is broken for cygw32 builds when DISPLAY set

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#15507: 24.3.50; emacsclient -c is broken for cygw32 builds when DISPLAY set
From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
To: Josh <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 21:51:59 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> 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

Subject: 24.3.50; emacsclient -c is broken for cygw32 builds when DISPLAY set
From: Josh <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 11:29:35 -0700
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

$ 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 <[email-masked]>
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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