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>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, 8857 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8857: display-buffer attempt to pop-up frame in batch mode causes	"Unknown terminal type" error
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:40:31 -0400

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> "batch mode" and "server mode" are *very* closely related.  So I'd stay
> away from any attempt to special case "batch mode".

FWIW, `noninteractive' is nil in "server mode" (ie --daemon) but t in
"batch mode", so the two cases are easily distinguished.

Since emacs.c has:

  if (!noninteractive)
    init_display ();    /* Determine terminal type.  Calls init_sys_modes.  */

I've gone back to thinking that display-buffer can do nothing useful in
batch mode.
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