GNU bug report logs - #8857
display-buffer attempt to pop-up frame in batch mode causes "Unknown terminal type" error

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:22:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de>
Cc: 8857-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8857: display-buffer attempt to pop-up frame in batch mode
	causes	"Unknown terminal type" error
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:50:04 +0200

> Yes. But I think you understand my problem: 'unset doesn't say whether
> you should pop up a new frame by default or not. It's pretty much what
> Drew says in #8865, and I tend to agree with him on this issue. I think
> this special handling of 'unset is cumbersome, and it should simply be a
> boolean variable with a default of nil or t.

Done.  I have retained the 'unset initialization for `pop-up-windows'
though and introduced a new one for `even-window-heights' since these
variables were non-nil by default.  Please have a look.

martin
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