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24.3.50; New tty menus crash Emacs

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se, 15575 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15575: 24.3.50; New tty menus crash Emacs
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:21:16 +0300

> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 09:44:10 +0200
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> CC: jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se, 15575 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>  >>  > The "set new-console on" command causes a new console to be created by
>  >>  > GDB before it runs the program attached to that console.
>  >>
>  >> This works fine.  What is the GNU/Linux equivalent of this?
>  >
>  > Sorry, I don't understand: the above commands should work on GNU/Linux
>  > as well.
> 
> There's no such symbol on GNU/Linux.  According to
> 
> http://visualgdb.com/gdbreference/commands/set_new-console
> 
> this command is only supported on Windows.

I meant the other commands, sorry.

>  > Moreover, on GNU/Linux you can start Emacs as a daemon, attach a
>  > debugger, and then open a TTY frame with emacsclient.
> 
> But this won't help when Emacs crashes during startup, IIUC.

When Emacs crashes during startup, you should be fine running it from
the same console where GDB runs.

>  >> I have tried some of the tty commands but failed miserably.
>  >
>  > Which tty commands?
> 
> set inferior-tty
> show inferior-tty

What did you set the inferior-tty to?

>  >> (What I want is to run an emacs -nw session from a graphical Emacs
>  >> GDB window.)
>  >
>  > The above commands should work from a graphical session.
> 
> Do they for you?

Yes, but I still have no clear idea what you tried to do, exactly.  So
maybe we are talking about different things.

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