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changeset 111252:c430a68b7083
Document GTK Emacs kill on display close in PROBLEMS.
* src/xterm.c (x_connection_closed): Expand comment.
| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> |
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| date | Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:08:27 -0400 |
| parents | 2dcdfeb8d47c |
| children | 1c494f4d6d40 |
| files | etc/PROBLEMS src/xterm.c |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/PROBLEMS Mon Oct 25 13:46:21 2010 +0200 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Mon Oct 25 12:08:27 2010 -0400 @@ -241,19 +241,18 @@ On platforms such as Solaris, you can also work around this problem by configuring your compiler to use the native linker instead of GNU ld. -** Emacs compiled with Gtk+ crashes when closing a display (x-close-connection). - -This happens because of bugs in Gtk+. Gtk+ 2.10 seems to be OK. See bug -http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715. - -** Emacs compiled with Gtk+ may loop forever if a display crashes. - -This is related to the bug above. A scenario for this is when emacs is run -as a server, and an X frame is created. If the X server for the frame -crashes or exits unexpectedly and an attempt is made to create a new -frame on another X display, then a Gtk+ error happens in the emacs -server that results in an endless loop. This is not fixed in any known -Gtk+ version (2.14.4 being current). +** When Emacs is compiled with Gtk+, closing a display kills Emacs. + +There is a long-standing bug in GTK that prevents it from recovering +from disconnects: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715. + +Thus, for instance, when Emacs is run as a server on a text terminal, +and an X frame is created, and the X server for that frame crashes or +exits unexpectedly, Emacs must exit to prevent a GTK error that would +result in an endless loop. + +If you need Emacs to be able to recover from closing displays, compile +it with the Lucid toolkit instead of GTK. * General runtime problems
--- a/src/xterm.c Mon Oct 25 13:46:21 2010 +0200 +++ b/src/xterm.c Mon Oct 25 12:08:27 2010 -0400 @@ -7911,7 +7911,13 @@ #endif #ifdef USE_GTK - /* Due to bugs in some Gtk+ versions, just exit here. */ + /* There is a long-standing bug in GTK that prevents the GTK + main loop from recovering gracefully from disconnects + (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715). Among + other problems, this gives rise to a stream of Glib error + messages that, in one incident, filled up a user's hard disk + (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-10/msg00927.html). + So, kill Emacs unconditionally if the display is closed. */ { fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", error_msg); Fkill_emacs (make_number (70));