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30.0.50; Turning off menu-bar-mode after setting some default face attributes causes bad initial rendering

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From: Mekeor Melire <mekeor <at> posteo.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 30.0.50; Turning off menu-bar-mode after setting some default face
 attributes causes bad initial rendering
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:35:36 +0000

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When I run "emacs -Q -l the-following-snippet.el",

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
;; this snippet does provoke the bug.
(set-face-attribute 'default nil :weight 'medium)
(menu-bar-mode 0)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I find an Emacs frame with bad initial rendering: There is no text
visible. See attached screenshot.

When I resize the frame, the rendering is corrected, i.e. the text of
the scratch buffer becomes visible.

The bug IS ALSO provoked when the first S-expressions is replaced with
one of the following:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
;; either
(custom-set-faces '(default ((t :weight medium)) t))
;; or
(custom-set-faces '(default ((t :height 110)) t))
;; or
(custom-theme-set-faces 'user '(default ((t :slant italic)) t))
;; or similar.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

The bug IS NOT provoked when the order of the two S-expressions is
reversed, for example:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
;; this snippet does not provoke the bug.
(menu-bar-mode 0)
(set-face-attribute 'default nil :weight 'medium)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

The bug IS NOT provoked when any face other than "default" is altered,
for example:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
;; this snippet does not provoke the bug.
(set-face-attribute 'link nil :weight 'medium)
(menu-bar-mode 0)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

The bug IS NOT provoked for some face-attributes, e.g. ":box" and
":underline":

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
;; this snippet does not provoke the bug.
(set-face-attribute 'default nil :box t)
(menu-bar-mode 0)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

The person with nickname "twb" in #emacs on irc.libera.chat suggests
"there is just a 'and then rerender' command missing somewhere".
Personally, I wonder if there is a mistake how menu-bar.el handles
a customized default face. See:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/menu-bar.el?h=e4e1e268c8e9f7de6fe5d4b05beb595a1781c02c#n839

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I'm not sure if it's relevant but I use the tiling window manager
XMonad.

In GNU Emacs 30.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, Motif Version
2.3.8, cairo version 1.16.0)
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12101004
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Message #8 received at 67678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mekeor Melire <mekeor <at> posteo.de>, Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 67678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#67678: 30.0.50;
 Turning off menu-bar-mode after setting some default face attributes
 causes bad initial rendering
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:06:27 +0200

> From: Mekeor Melire <mekeor <at> posteo.de>
> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:35:36 +0000
> 
> When I run "emacs -Q -l the-following-snippet.el",
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> ;; this snippet does provoke the bug.
> (set-face-attribute 'default nil :weight 'medium)
> (menu-bar-mode 0)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> I find an Emacs frame with bad initial rendering: There is no text
> visible. See attached screenshot.

I cannot reproduce this here.

Does the font you use for the default face have the medium weight
variant?  What happens if you replace 'medium with 'bold in the
snippet above?

> When I resize the frame, the rendering is corrected, i.e. the text of
> the scratch buffer becomes visible.

Is the display also corrected if you invoke "M-x redraw-display"
instead of resizing the frame?

> Personally, I wonder if there is a mistake how menu-bar.el handles
> a customized default face. See:
> 
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/menu-bar.el?h=e4e1e268c8e9f7de6fe5d4b05beb595a1781c02c#n839

That's unlikely, since that code deals with saving the options changed
via menu-bar menus.  That is, that code is in a function invoked when
you click on the menu bar and select Options->Save Options.  It is not
supposed to be used when processing your snippet file.

Adding Po Lu, in case he has some ideas.

Message #11 received at 67678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mekeor Melire <mekeor <at> posteo.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>, 67678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#67678: 30.0.50; Turning off menu-bar-mode after setting
 some default face attributes causes bad initial rendering
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:49:29 +0000

2023-12-07 12:06 eliz <at> gnu.org:

> > From: Mekeor Melire <mekeor <at> posteo.de>
> > Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:35:36 +0000

> Does the font you use for the default face have the medium weight
> variant?

I'd guess so but I do not know for sure.

> What happens if you replace 'medium with 'bold in the snippet above?

The bug is provoked with :weight 'bold as well.

> Is the display also corrected if you invoke "M-x redraw-display"
> instead of resizing the frame?

No, calling `redraw-display' does not correct the display.

> That's unlikely, since that code deals with saving the options changed
> via menu-bar menus.  That is, that code is in a function invoked when
> you click on the menu bar and select Options->Save Options.  It is not
> supposed to be used when processing your snippet file.

I see, thanks for explaining.

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