GNU bug report logs - #22221
25.0.50; shell cmd with >8 lines complains not-this-window is void

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From: Mike Kupfer <m.kupfer <at> acm.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.0.50; shell cmd with >8 lines complains not-this-window is void
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 18:15:24 -0800

From "emacs -Q", if I set debug-on-error to t and then do

  M-! head -9 ~/.profile RET

I get

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable not-this-window)
  display-message-or-buffer(#<buffer *Shell Command Output*>)
  #[0 "r\302q\210\301\242\204
\305\202(\301\242;\203\306\307\301\242\"\202(\301\242\310\232?\205(\306\311\301\242\")r\302q\210deV)\2039\312\302!\207\300\203Y\310\313\314\300!8W\203Y\306\315\f\203T\306\316\f\"\202U\317\"\202Z\320\301\242\204e\321\322!\202\207\301\242\310\232\203s\321\323\"\202\207\301\242;\203\201\321\324\301\242\"\202\207\321\325\301\242#\207" [nil (0) #<buffer *Shell Command Output*> mode-line-process shell-command-default-error-buffer " - Error" format " - Signal [%s]" 0 " - Exit [%d]" display-message-or-buffer 7 file-attributes "some error output%s" " to the \"%s\" buffer" "" "no output" message "(Shell command failed with error)" "(Shell command succeeded with %s)" "(Shell command killed by signal %s)" "(Shell command failed with code %d and %s)"] 5]()
  shell-command-on-region(192 192 "head -9 ~/.profile" nil nil nil)
  shell-command("head -9 ~/.profile" nil nil)
  funcall-interactively(shell-command "head -9 ~/.profile" nil nil)
  call-interactively(shell-command nil nil)
  command-execute(shell-command)

If I use -8 instead of -9, I get the output that I expect.

In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.4 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw scroll bars)
 of 2015-12-21
Repository revision: 33efb6d60614131e1504b29885bf8b82f7c1b3cb
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11604000
System Description:	Debian GNU/Linux 8.2 (jessie)

Configured using:
 'configure --prefix=/usr/new/upstream'

Configured features:
XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG SOUND NOTIFY LIBXML2 FREETYPE XFT ZLIB
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS LUCID X11

Important settings:
  value of $LC_TIME: C
  value of $LANG: en_US.utf8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  electric-indent-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 messages:

HOST=`uname -n`; export HOST

# A short check time is okay, since this should only catch
# locally-generated mail.
MAILCHECK=60
export MAILCHECK
Symbol’s value as variable is void: not-this-window
t
Entering debugger...

Load-path shadows:
None found.

Features:
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Memory information:
((conses 16 85013 8780)
 (symbols 48 19447 0)
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Message #8 received at 22221 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Mike Kupfer <m.kupfer <at> acm.org>, 22221 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22221: 25.0.50;
 shell cmd with >8 lines complains not-this-window is void
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 09:23:01 +0100

>>From "emacs -Q", if I set debug-on-error to t and then do
>
>    M-! head -9 ~/.profile RET
>
> I get
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable not-this-window)
>    display-message-or-buffer(#<buffer *Shell Command Output*>)

Should be fixed now.  Please try again.

Thanks, martin

Message #11 received at 22221 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mike Kupfer <m.kupfer <at> acm.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 22221 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22221: 25.0.50;
 shell cmd with >8 lines complains not-this-window is void
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 06:42:00 -0800

martin rudalics wrote:

> >From "emacs -Q", if I set debug-on-error to t and then do
> >
> >    M-! head -9 ~/.profile RET
> >
> > I get
> >
> > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable not-this-window)
> >    display-message-or-buffer(#<buffer *Shell Command Output*>)
> 
> Should be fixed now.  Please try again.

Confirmed, it works now.  Thanks.

mike

Message #16 received at 22221-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Mike Kupfer <m.kupfer <at> acm.org>
Cc: 22221-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22221: 25.0.50;
 shell cmd with >8 lines complains not-this-window is void
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:48:38 +0100

> Confirmed, it works now.  Thanks.

Bug closed.

Thanks, martin

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