Subject: Re: bug#61704: 29.0.60; Crash in get_narrowed_begv

From: Po Lu <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:37:48 +0800

martin rudalics <[email-masked]> writes:

> So OT1H we really should set proper minimum size hints for the WM to
> avoid that resize_frame_windows has to deal with frame sizes it
> intrinsically cannot handle

Now this is not possible, as the window manager (or any X client, for
that matter) has free reign to do whatever it wants with another
client's window.  Unless of course X server security policy prevents it.

> and OTOH the redisplay engine should be able to handle zero window
> sizes to avoid crashes the window code cannot prevent.

This is the only reasonable approach under X.