GNU bug report logs - #1644
23.0.60; Emacs client loops

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Message #62 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Lennart Borgman" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: "Jason Rumney" <jasonr <at> f2s.com>
Cc: 1644-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1644: 23.0.60; Emacs client loops
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:02:44 +0100

On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> f2s.com> wrote:
> Lennart Borgman wrote:
>>
>> I am not sure yet, but I believe this might have been a problem with
>> the Firefox add-on.
>
> This is likely, given that emacsclient does not create any threads, and
> MessageBox (the windows api call used for displaying messages when not
> running at the command line) does not return until you dismiss the dialog.
> So if multiple emacsclient error dialogs are appearing on the screen at once
> as your report described, then there must be multiple instances running.

Yes, I can confirm that this was the case. I was able to see that in
some further tests (where my pc was not completely blocked).

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