GNU bug report logs - #24041
25.1.50; xwidget + -nw mode gives segfault

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Shane Hansen <shanemhansen <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #38 received at 24041 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Cochran <robert-emacs <at> cochranmail.com>
Cc: 24041 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, shanemhansen <at> gmail.com, robert-emacs <at> cochranmail.com,
 joakim <at> verona.se
Subject: Re: bug#24041: 25.1.50; xwidget + -nw mode gives segfault
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 05:40:02 +0300

> From: Robert Cochran <robert-emacs <at> cochranmail.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Robert Cochran <robert-emacs <at> cochranmail.com>,  shanemhansen <at> gmail.com,  24041 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:28:51 -0700
> 
> I suppose I'm at a loss for a situation where you are using a tty and
> yet want a mode with xwidgets, although I have things set up in such a
> way that I never open a tty emacsclient unless I've logged in remotely
> or have chosen to forgo an X session (neither of which happen often in
> practice); I have fairly convenient ways across DE/WMs to open a
> graphical emacsclient.

Some code might prepare the xwidget first, and only later show it in a
frame it creates for that.  It's a valid use case, so I don't think we
should preclude it if not necessary.
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