GNU bug report logs - #63555
emacs 29 complains that it can't connect to the display

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Phillip Susi <phill <at> thesusis.net>

Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 13:55:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.90

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #121 received at 63555 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Phillip Susi <phill <at> thesusis.net>
Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 63555 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63555: closed (Re: bug#63555: emacs 29 complains that it
 can't connect to the display)
Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 09:19:27 +0800

Phillip Susi <phill <at> thesusis.net> writes:

> Hrm... maybe something in .emacs could be used to disable the check?
> Or maybe it could be disabled by default and have a setting to enable
> it?

The point is, this is overengineering for a check that 99% of people are
not going to need.  We have no such checks on the NS port or the MS
Windows, and it is at least possible to log in to a Mac OS system from a
terminal with no display connection.
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