GNU bug report logs - #9723
24.0.50; Emacs Clipboard crash

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joseph Jones <josejones <at> expedia.com>

Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:43:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Joseph Jones <josejones <at> expedia.com>, 9723 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9723: 24.0.50; Emacs Clipboard crash
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:08:34 +0100

> According to this, Emacs decided to apply a change in window
> dimensions that was pending from some previous redisplay cycle.  So
> far so good, but look at the new size of the window it tries to set:
> its newwidth value is -2, a negative number.  This should never
> happen.  (The value -2 is "upgraded" to +2, the minimum "safe" value,
> inside change_frame_size, but 2 is also too small.)

The upgrading happens in check_frame_size and 2 is the minimum width
sufficient for the frame's root window.  Why do you think it's too
small?

> The question is now which code requested the change of window width to
> -2, and why.

If you know what the minimum "safe" value is, why not use that?

martin
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