GNU bug report logs - #5396
Something in splash page causes Emacs to crash?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca>

Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:54:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
To: Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca>
Cc: 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5396: Something in splash page causes Emacs to crash?
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:33:34 +0900

In article <Pine.GSO.4.64.1001281856410.16457 <at> mnc.zngu.hop.pn>, Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca> writes:

>  	(gdb) up
>  	#2  0x003470d4 in xfont_list_pattern (display=0x958020, pattern=0xffbfc938 "-adobe-helvetica-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1",
>  	    registry=542395320, script=542121656) at xfont.c:414
>  	414               if (font_parse_xlfd (buf, entity) < 0)

>  	(gdb) p buf
>  	$1 = "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-x-x-x-12-120-p-67-iso8859-1\0009-1\0006.\330\000\000\000\005\000\313l\210\000\000\000m\000f\324(\000\313l\210", '\0' <repeats 17 times>, "6.\370", '\0' <repeats 17 times>, "6.\240\000\000\000\002\000\306\030\230", '\0' <repeats 16 times>, "\377\277\311f\377\277\307\354", '\0' <repeats 23 times>, "\001", '\0' <repeats 11 times>, "\001\000\000\000\000\377\277\307\350\000\000\000\001", '\0' <repeats 16 times>, "\377\277\307\210\000\000\000\003`_@\370 P\036\350"...

Ah!  Very strange XLFD font name; PIXEL_SIZE="x",
POINT_SIZE="x", RESX="12", RESY="120"!  Perhaps Emacs should
just ignore such a font.  Which font is actually opened when
you do:
% xfd -fn -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-x-x-x-12-120-p-67-iso8859-1

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Kenichi Handa
handa <at> m17n.org
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