GNU bug report logs - #38569
27.0.50; Certain emoji crashes with "X protocol error: BadLength"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Robert Cochran <robert-emacs <at> cochranmail.com>

Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:42:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 38788

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 38569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rpluim <at> gmail.com
Cc: robert <at> cochranmail.com, shelvacu <at> gmail.com, 38569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 robert-emacs <at> cochranmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#38569: 27.0.50;
 Certain emoji crashes with "X protocol error: BadLength"
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:20:12 +0200

> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:14:51 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: robert <at> cochranmail.com, shelvacu <at> gmail.com, 38569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>  robert-emacs <at> cochranmail.com
> 
> > Eli, we could install my patch to filter out all colour fonts (see
> > <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2019-11/msg00409.html>),
> > that should reduce the amount of whack-a-mole required.
> 
> I guess that's okay to install, given the problems, thanks.

Perhaps also add something to NEWS, to the effect that
xft-ignore-color-fonts now ignores more color fonts, and if the user
wants to set that to nil, they might need to add certain emoji fonts
to face-ignored-fonts in order to prevent crashes.

Thanks.
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