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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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com, phill <at> thesusis.net, 63555 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63555: emacs 29 complains that it can't connect to the display
Date: Sat, 20 May 2023 14:33:09 +0800

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

> Why cannot we "simulate -nw" where we issue the error message that we
> cannot connect to the display server?  At that point, we presumably
> already know that the default display could not be found.

That happens very late in the initialization process, in
`normal-top-level'.
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