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

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: Re: bug#8857: display-buffer attempt to pop-up frame in batch mode
	causes	"Unknown terminal type" error
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:13:44 -0400

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> It might fix it for batch mode, but you may get the same problem in
> "server mode before opening any display or tty".  That's what I mean by
> the two being closely related.
>
> I.e. we need to make it work on the dummy initial terminal.

I'm not so sure, because server mode at least _has_ a dummy terminal.
Can you give an example of server mode running into the same problem as
being discussed for batch mode?
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