Subject: Re: bug#9754: Issue with Emacs 23.4

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 21:19:44 -0400

>> At least it doesn't seem "obviously correct" to me: what if the user
>> opens up an X frame after starting "emacs -nw"?
> The hang arises when emacs is started without an X server present or at
> least with DISPLAY not set.  I don't see how a user would be able to
> open an X frame at a later point in time in that situation (or
> reasonable expect he might be able to).

Easy: M-x make-frame-on-display.
Or start an emacs server and then connect to the server from an
emacsclient with a DISPLAY set (which ends up calling
make-frame-on-display as well, of course).

        Stefan