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24.5; emacs "-nw" option crashes in zsh brad@pesquared.com

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From: Brad <brad <at> pesquared.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.5; emacs "-nw" option crashes in zsh
 brad <at> pesquared.com
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:36:43 -0400

Hi,

When launching emacs with the -nw option emacs crashes immediatly when
using the zsh shell.  If I swithch to the bash shell "emacs -nw" works
find.



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Message #8 received at 21053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
To: Brad <brad <at> pesquared.com>
Cc: 21053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21053: 24.5;
 emacs "-nw" option crashes in zsh brad <at> pesquared.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 09:02:41 +0200

Brad <brad <at> pesquared.com> writes:

Hi Brad,

> When launching emacs with the -nw option emacs crashes immediatly when
> using the zsh shell.  If I swithch to the bash shell "emacs -nw" works
> find.

I also use ZSH but can't reproduce the crashes.  Can you try bisecting
the ZSH init files, see (info "(zsh)Files"), to find out if there's some
specific setting triggering the crash?

Bye,
Tassilo

Message #11 received at 21053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Brad Johnson <brad <at> pesquared.com>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21053: 24.5;
 emacs "-nw" option crashes in zsh brad <at> pesquared.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 03:42:50 -0400

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I had a few oh-my-zsh plugins running, I edited my .zshrc file to a more
basic setting and "emacs -nw" now works.  I will see if I can narrow down
which plugin is the problem.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:02 AM, Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Brad <brad <at> pesquared.com> writes:
>
> Hi Brad,
>
> > When launching emacs with the -nw option emacs crashes immediatly when
> > using the zsh shell.  If I swithch to the bash shell "emacs -nw" works
> > find.
>
> I also use ZSH but can't reproduce the crashes.  Can you try bisecting
> the ZSH init files, see (info "(zsh)Files"), to find out if there's some
> specific setting triggering the crash?
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
>



-- 
Brad Johnson, PE
ph 704.916.9732
www.pesquared.com

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Message #14 received at 21053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Brad Johnson <brad <at> pesquared.com>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21053 <21053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#21053: 24.5;
 emacs "-nw" option crashes in zsh brad <at> pesquared.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 04:00:42 -0400

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I may have isolated the problem
in .zshrc

plugins=(emacs) #crashes

plugins=(emacs-cli) #works



On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:42 AM, Brad Johnson <brad <at> pesquared.com> wrote:

> I had a few oh-my-zsh plugins running, I edited my .zshrc file to a more
> basic setting and "emacs -nw" now works.  I will see if I can narrow down
> which plugin is the problem.
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:02 AM, Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> Brad <brad <at> pesquared.com> writes:
>>
>> Hi Brad,
>>
>> > When launching emacs with the -nw option emacs crashes immediatly when
>> > using the zsh shell.  If I swithch to the bash shell "emacs -nw" works
>> > find.
>>
>> I also use ZSH but can't reproduce the crashes.  Can you try bisecting
>> the ZSH init files, see (info "(zsh)Files"), to find out if there's some
>> specific setting triggering the crash?
>>
>> Bye,
>> Tassilo
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Brad Johnson, PE
> ph 704.916.9732
> www.pesquared.com
>



-- 
Brad Johnson, PE
ph 704.916.9732
www.pesquared.com

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Message #17 received at 21053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Brad Johnson <brad <at> pesquared.com>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21053 <21053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#21053: 24.5;
 emacs "-nw" option crashes in zsh brad <at> pesquared.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 04:16:55 -0400

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Tassilo,

Ok the "emacs-cli)" plugin is just a typo, that does not do anything, but
the .oh-my-zsh with the "emacs" plugin looks to be the cause of the crashes.

Looking closer at the plugin it refers to emacs 23 and has some odd useless
alias definitions, it is likely this is the problem not emacs.
"
~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/emacs: cat emacs.plugin.zsh
# Emacs 23 daemon capability is a killing feature.
# One emacs process handles all your frames whether
# you use a frame opened in a terminal via a ssh connection or X frames
# opened on the same host.

# Benefits are multiple
# - You don't have the cost of starting Emacs all the time anymore
# - Opening a file is as fast as Emacs does not have anything else to do.
# - You can share opened buffered across opened frames.
# - Configuration changes made at runtime are applied to all frames.


if "$ZSH/tools/require_tool.sh" emacs 23 2>/dev/null ; then
    export EMACS_PLUGIN_LAUNCHER="$ZSH/plugins/emacs/emacsclient.sh"

    # set EDITOR if not already defined.
    export EDITOR="${EDITOR:-${EMACS_PLUGIN_LAUNCHER}}"

    alias emacs="$EMACS_PLUGIN_LAUNCHER --no-wait"
    alias e=emacs

    # same than M-x eval but from outside Emacs.
    alias eeval="$EMACS_PLUGIN_LAUNCHER --eval"
    # create a new X frame
    alias eframe='emacsclient --alternate-editor "" --create-frame'

    # to code all night long
    alias emasc=emacs
    alias emcas=emacs

    # Write to standard output the path to the file
    # opened in the current buffer.
    function efile {
        local cmd="(buffer-file-name (window-buffer))"
        "$EMACS_PLUGIN_LAUNCHER" --eval "$cmd" | tr -d \"
    }

    # Write to standard output the directory of the file
    # opened in the the current buffer
    function ecd {
        local cmd="(let ((buf-name (buffer-file-name (window-buffer))))
                     (if buf-name (file-name-directory buf-name)))"

        local dir="$($EMACS_PLUGIN_LAUNCHER --eval $cmd | tr -d \")"
        if [ -n "$dir" ] ;then
            echo "$dir"
        else
            echo "can not deduce current buffer filename." >/dev/stderr
            return 1
        fi
    }
fi

## Local Variables:
## mode: sh
## End:
"

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:00 AM, Brad Johnson <brad <at> pesquared.com> wrote:

> I may have isolated the problem
> in .zshrc
>
> plugins=(emacs) #crashes
>
> plugins=(emacs-cli) #works
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:42 AM, Brad Johnson <brad <at> pesquared.com> wrote:
>
>> I had a few oh-my-zsh plugins running, I edited my .zshrc file to a more
>> basic setting and "emacs -nw" now works.  I will see if I can narrow down
>> which plugin is the problem.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:02 AM, Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Brad <brad <at> pesquared.com> writes:
>>>
>>> Hi Brad,
>>>
>>> > When launching emacs with the -nw option emacs crashes immediatly when
>>> > using the zsh shell.  If I swithch to the bash shell "emacs -nw" works
>>> > find.
>>>
>>> I also use ZSH but can't reproduce the crashes.  Can you try bisecting
>>> the ZSH init files, see (info "(zsh)Files"), to find out if there's some
>>> specific setting triggering the crash?
>>>
>>> Bye,
>>> Tassilo
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Brad Johnson, PE
>> ph 704.916.9732
>> www.pesquared.com
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Brad Johnson, PE
> ph 704.916.9732
> www.pesquared.com
>



-- 
Brad Johnson, PE
ph 704.916.9732
www.pesquared.com

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Message #20 received at 21053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
To: Brad Johnson <brad <at> pesquared.com>
Cc: 21053 <21053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#21053: 24.5;
 emacs "-nw" option crashes in zsh brad <at> pesquared.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:46:51 +0200

Hi Brad,

I just installed oh-my-zsh but can't reproduce a crash with the emacs
plugin.  What the plugin does is defining an emacs alias which actually
calls emacsclient.  Concretely, "emacs args" will call

  emacsclient --alternate-editor "" --create-frame --no-wait args

or

  emacsclient --alternate-editor "" --no-wait args

With the plugin enabled, I get the following

  $ emacs
  emacsclient: file name or argument required
  Try `emacsclient --help' for more information

  $ emacs -nw
  emacsclient: file name or argument required
  Try `emacsclient --help' for more information

  $ emacs file
  # file is opened in existing X frame

  $ emacs -nw file
  # file is opened in existing X frame, the -nw option seems to be
  # ignored

That the -nw flag is ignored and it doesn't work with no file given can
be considered bugs of that plugin in their own respect, but at least
that doesn't crash emacs.  But I'm using a current emacs git checkout
rather than 24.5, so could you please test if the two emacsclient
commands above crash your emacs version?

Bye,
Tassilo

Message #29 received at 21053-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 21053-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21053: 24.5;
 emacs "-nw" option crashes in zsh brad <at> pesquared.com
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:53:29 -0500

Brad Johnson wrote:

> Looking closer at the plugin it refers to emacs 23 and has some odd useless
> alias definitions, it is likely this is the problem not emacs.

And no-one else could reproduce this, so I'm closing this old report.

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