Subject: Re: bug#75056: 31.0.50; tty-child-frames with server / multiple clients possible hangs

From: Gerd Möllmann <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:12:17 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

>> Yes. C-x 5 2 can make a new root frame, and only one is visible on
>> the display.
>
> So only the top root frame now returns visible = t?

Yes.

(Where "top" in that case is not a z-order thing, but all root frames on
a tty are just part of the frame lists in parallel to each other, like
before child frames. AFAIR, something in tty_display_info
says who owns the terminal.)

...
>> Did you mean these doc strings should be changed, too, or did you mean
>> something else?
>
> I wanted first to understand what happens with this on TTY frames.
> Then we'd need to update the doc strings and also the manuals.

Okay. Maybe we should wait a bit to see how far Martin goes. AFAIU,
minibuffer-only child frames are possible now, for example.