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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Message #47 received at 8857 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 8857 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8857: display-buffer attempt to pop-up frame in batch mode
	causes	"Unknown terminal type" error
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:45:23 +0200

> Is this supposed to also fix the problem for batch mode? Because I still
> see this error with revno. 104589:

It was supposed to fix that, yes.

>  --> emacs --batch foo bar baz
> Unknown terminal type

Can you check whether `display-buffer' tries to pop up a new buffer?  I
don't have the slightest experience running Emacs in batch mode.

> Actually, this currently breaks the CEDET build, because it uses a hack
> to provide arguments for functions called with the "-f" switch...

Maybe Glenn can tell us what's going on?

martin
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