GNU bug report logs - #38143
27.0.50; Say that before-make-frame-hook & after-make-frame-functions are not invoked for the initial frame

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Message #26 received at 38143 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 38143 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38143: 27.0.50; Say that before-make-frame-hook &
 after-make-frame-functions are not invoked for the initial frame
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 04:13:11 +0100

Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es> writes:

> 1. The hooks are not run for the initial frame because it is not created
>    with `make-frame'.
>
> 2. Except when Emacs runs as daemon, in that case make-frame is always
>    used and therefore the hooks are executed.
>
> The added text would be something like this:
>
>   When Emacs is not executed as a daemon, `make-frame` is not used for
>   creating the initial frame, therefore the hooks are not invoked on
>   that case.
>
> Or this:
>
>   `make-frame` is not used for the frame that is automatically created
>   before the init file is processed, therefore the hooks are not invoked
>   for that frame. Please note that when Emacs is executed as a daemon
>   there is no such frame.

I've now added something like this to Emacs 29.

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