view etc/future-bug @ 27982:86de01dd01eb

Change many FRAME_X... macros to FRAME_WINDOW... or other non-platform-specific equivalents. [WINDOWSNT]: include w32term.h, fontset.h and define X specific functions and macros as their w32 equivalents where non-platform-specifics are not available. [HAVE_X_WINDOWS]: Change most of these to HAVE_WINDOW_SYSTEM. (x_create_gc, x_free_gc) [WINDOWSNT]: Add W32 versions. (clear_font_table) [WINDOWSNT]: Call w32_unload_font. (frame_update_line_height): Use macros to access f->output_data. (defined_color): Remove FIXME comments; fixed. (x_face_list_fonts, prepare_face_for_display): Put X specifics into #ifdef blocks. Add WINDOWSNT blocks. (Fx_list_fonts): Use macros for accessing font data. (set_lface_from_font_name): Different default fonts for X and WINDOWSNT. (font_scalable_p) [WINDOWSNT]: Treat wildcard XLFD_AVGWIDTH as scalable for backward compatibility. (realize_tty_face) [MSDOS]: do the same for WINDOWSNT. (syms_of_xfaces) [WINDOWSNT]: Allow scalable fonts by default.

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2199 21:03:50 -0600
From: Karl Fogel <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: M-x search-backward-in-time broken...
X-Windows: you'll envy the dead.

In GNU Emacs 51.70.4 (i9986-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit) of Sat Feb  20 2199 on floss
configured using `configure  --with-x-toolkit=yes'

        The `search-backward-in-time' function appears to be broken in
Emacs 51.70.  

        Unfortunately, I can never seem to start the debugger early
enough to catch the error as it happens.  However I have traced the
problem through source by eye, and it looks like `time-forward' can't
handle negative arguments anymore.  This is consistent with other
symptoms: for example, `undo' (which since 51.25 has worked by passing
a negative arg to `time-forward') is also broken.  However, `do' still
works -- it seems that `time-forward' continues to handle positive
arguments just fine.

        No one here-and-now can figure out how to fix the problem,
because the code for `time-forward' is so hairy.  We're using M-x
report-future-emacs-bug to request that you folks include more
comments when you write it (sometime in 2198 as I recall).

        Thanks!

-Karl Fogel   <[e-mail]>


P.S. You'll be pleased to know that since (time-forward N) still works
     for N >= 0, we've used it to pre-emptively update configure.in.
     Emacs now configures and builds on every platform that will ever
     be made.  It wasn't easy, but at least that's one problem out of
     the way for good.  If you'd like the patch, just ask.