address@hidden: Cannot open a new frame]

[Richard Stallman]

Please give high priority to pretest bug reports since this will be
the next release.  Perhaps some change you've already made
needs to be copied into RC.

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From: Pascal Obry <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Subject: Cannot open a new frame
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 15:12:10 -0500


This is a bug report. On Windows with Emacs 21.1.80 it is not possible to open
a new frame on some cases.

To reproduce:

$ emacs -q

Evaluate

<<
(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 '(Info-additional-directory-list nil)
 '(auto-compression-mode t nil (jka-compr))
 '(auto-fill-mode "nil" t)
 '(auto-image-file-mode t nil (image-file))
 '(auto-save-list-file-prefix "~/.emacs.backups/.saves-")
 '(backup-directory-alist (quote ((".*" . "~/.emacs.backups"))))
 '(calendar-holiday-marker (quote holiday-face))
 '(calendar-today-marker (quote calendar-today-face))
 '(case-fold-search t)
 '(column-number-mode t)
 '(comint-input-ring-size 500 t)
 '(current-language-environment "Latin-1")
 '(custom-file "~/.customize")
 '(default-frame-alist (quote ((font . "-outline-Lucida 
Console-normal-r-normal-normal-12-90-96-96-c-*-iso8859-15") (tool-bar-lines . 
0) (menu-bar-lines . 1) (background-color . "black") (foreground-color . 
"gray70") (cursor-color . "yellow") (vertical-scroll-bars . right))))
 '(default-input-method "latin-1-prefix")
 '(desktop-buffers-not-to-save 
"\\(^nn\\.a[0-9]+\\|\\.log\\|(ftp)\\|^tags\\|^TAGS\\|^\\*info\\*\\)$")
 '(desktop-enable t nil (desktop))
 '(desktop-files-not-to-save "^[/*][^/:]*:")
 '(diary-file "~/.diary" t)
 '(explicit-shell-file-name "/bin/sh")
 '(fill-column 78)
 '(font-lock-maximum-decoration t)
 '(font-lock-maximum-size 256000)
 '(frame-background-mode (quote dark))
 '(garbage-collection-messages t)
 '(global-font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock))
 '(icomplete-compute-delay 0.5)
 '(icomplete-delay-completions-threshold 400)
 '(icomplete-max-delay-chars 3)
 '(icomplete-mode nil nil (icomplete))
 '(ispell-look-command "look")
 '(jit-lock-stealth-nice 0.5)
 '(jit-lock-stealth-time 16)
 '(keyboard-coding-system (quote latin-1))
 '(mail-archive-file-name "~/Mail/OUTBOX")
 '(mail-signature t)
 '(mark-diary-entries-in-calendar t t)
 '(message-mail-user-agent t)
 '(minibuffer-auto-raise nil)
 '(mouse-avoidance-mode (quote exile) nil (avoid))
 '(mouse-avoidance-nudge-dist 20)
 '(mouse-avoidance-threshold 5)
 '(msb-menu-cond (reverse (append (list (car (reverse msb--very-many-menus)) 
(quote ((eq major-mode (quote ada-mode)) 3040 "Ada Files (%d)")) (quote ((eq 
major-mode (quote tcl-mode)) 3050 "Tcl Files (%d)")) (quote ((eq major-mode 
(quote html-mode)) 3060 "HTML Files (%d)")) (quote ((eq major-mode (quote 
java-mode)) 3070 "Java Files (%d)"))) (cdr (reverse msb--very-many-menus)))))
 '(msb-mode t nil (msb))
 '(partial-completion-mode t nil (complete))
 '(pc-selection-mode t nil (pc-select))
 '(ps-bold-faces (quote (bold bold-italic font-lock-function-name-face 
font-lock-keyword-face RoyalBlue blue-bold cyan-bold purple Plum1 
ForestGreen-bold green cyan message-headers)))
 '(ps-italic-faces (quote (italic bold-italic font-lock-function-name-face 
font-lock-string-face font-lock-comment-face message-header-contents 
message-highlighted-header-contents message-cited-text)))
 '(ps-lpr-command "d:/usr/tools/gstools/Aladdin/gs6.0/bin/gswin32c")
 '(ps-lpr-switches (quote ("-q -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -sDEVICE=ljet3 -r300 -dNOPAUSE 
-Id:/usr/tools/gstools/gs5.50 -Id:/usr/tools/gstools/gs5.50/fonts")))
 '(ps-paper-type (quote a4) t)
 '(ps-print-color-p nil)
 '(ps-underlined-faces nil)
 '(recentf-max-menu-items 20)
 '(recentf-max-saved-items 30)
 '(same-window-buffer-names (quote ("*shell*" "*mail*" "*inferior-lisp*" 
"*ielm*" "*scheme*")))
 '(save-place t)
 '(save-place-limit 100)
 '(save-place-version-control (quote never))
 '(show-paren-mode t nil (paren))
 '(smtpmail-queue-mail t)
 '(special-display-buffer-names (quote (("*compilation*" (top . 0) (left . 510) 
(width . 80) (height . 35) (minibuffer)) ("*grep*" (top . 220) (left . 65) 
(width . 80) (height . 10) (minibuffer)) ("*info*" (top . 0) (left . 515) 
(height . 55) (minibuffer)) ("*cvs-diff*" (top . 0) (left . 515) (height . 55) 
(minibuffer)) ("*cvs-info*" (top . 0) (left . 515) (height . 40) (minibuffer)) 
("*vc-diff*" (top . 0) (left . 515) (height . 60) (minibuffer)) 
("*telnet-lancelot*" (minibuffer) (top . 0) (left . 515) (height . 60)) 
("*telnet-nile*" (minibuffer) (top . 0) (left . 515) (height . 60)) 
("*telnet-paris*" (minibuffer) (top . 0) (left . 515) (height . 60)))))
 '(speedbar-frame-parameters (quote ((minibuffer) (height . 66) (width . 30) 
(border-width . 0) (menu-bar-lines . 0) (unsplittable . t))))
 '(telnet-program "d:/bin/telnet.exe" t)
 '(transient-mark-mode t)
 '(uniquify-after-kill-buffer-p t)
 '(uniquify-buffer-name-style (quote post-forward) nil (uniquify))
 '(vcursor-auto-disable t)
 '(vcursor-key-bindings t)
 '(view-diary-entries-initially t t)
 '(w32-print-gs-destination "//lancelot/HP" t)
 '(w32-print-gs-device "ljet3" t)
 '(w32-print-gs-path "d:/usr/tools/gstools/gs5.50" t)
 '(w32-print-gs-version "5.50" t)
 '(w32-print-gs-view-path "d:/usr/tools/gstools/gsview" t)
 '(w32-print-lpr-destination "//lancelot/HP" t)
 '(w32-print-lpr-path "d:/usr/bin" t)
 '(w32-print-ps-destination "//lancelot/HP" t)
 '(w32-print-ps-preview nil t)
 '(w32-print-psnup-path "d:/usr/bin" t)
 '(which-func-modes (quote (ada-mode emacs-lisp-mode c-mode c++-mode perl-mode 
makefile-mode sh-mode fortran-mode)))
 '(which-function-mode t nil (which-func)))
(custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 '(calendar-today-face ((t (:inverse-video unspecified :underline t))))
 '(custom-button-face ((((type x w32 mac) (class color)) (:background "grey70" 
:foreground "black" :box (:line-width 2 :color "grey40" :style 
released-button)))))
 '(custom-button-pressed-face ((((type x w32 mac) (class color)) (:background 
"grey40" :foreground "black" :box (:line-width 2 :style pressed-button)))))
 '(custom-group-tag-face ((t (:underline t :foreground "deep sky blue"))))
 '(custom-variable-tag-face ((t (:underline t :foreground "deep sky blue"))))
 '(cvs-action-face ((((class color) (background dark)) (:bold t :foreground 
"skyblue4"))))
 '(cvs-header-face ((((class color) (background dark)) (:bold t :foreground 
"salmon"))))
 '(diff-added-face ((t (:foreground "green"))))
 '(diff-file-header-face ((t (:bold t :foreground "black" :background 
"grey70"))))
 '(diff-removed-face ((t (:foreground "yellow"))))
 '(font-lock-comment-face ((t (:foreground "IndianRed2"))))
 '(font-lock-constant-face ((t (:foreground "DodgerBlue1"))))
 '(font-lock-function-name-face ((t (:foreground "dodgerblue3"))))
 '(font-lock-keyword-face ((t (:foreground "burlywood"))))
 '(font-lock-string-face ((t (:foreground "SpringGreen3"))))
 '(font-lock-type-face ((t (:foreground "GoldenRod3"))))
 '(font-lock-variable-name-face ((t (:foreground "Plum"))))
 '(holiday-face ((((class color) (background dark)) (:inverse-video 
unspecified))))
 '(isearch ((((class color) (background dark)) (:background "blue" :foreground 
"white"))))
 '(isearch-lazy-highlight-face ((((class color) (background dark)) (:background 
"paleturquoise4" :foreground "black"))))
 '(show-paren-match-face ((((class color)) (:foreground "black" :background 
"turquoise"))))
 '(widget-field-face ((t (:background "gray10"))))
 '(widget-single-line-field-face ((t (:background "gray10")))))
>>

Then do "File" -> "New Frame"

99.9% of the time the frame does not appear. This works without problem with
Emacs 21.1.

Pascal.

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