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27.0.50; display-buffer problems

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From: yLive System User <nyc4bos <at> aol.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 27.0.50; display-buffer problems
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 22:02:16 -0500

g--text follows this line--
        "C-x 2" (split-window-below) works fine.: g--text follows this line--
        "C-x 2" (split-window-below) works fine.
Hi,
        I then saw: How can I debug this?
        Thanks.
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Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 21:59:49 -0500
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Message #8 received at 33417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Live System User <nyc4bos <at> aol.com>
To: 33417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#33417: display-buffer problems
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 22:53:01 -0500

       [Original message got garbled, rending...]

Hi,

        In my setup (.e.g not emacs -Q):
        
        While viewing the *Help* buffer which was the only window
        on the frame, I typed "M-x list-timers"

split-window: Window #<window 266 on *Messages*> too small for splitting

window-normalize-window: #<window 279> is not a valid window

split-window: Window #<window 505 on window.el> too small for splitting

        And again:

Features:
        Typing the command again, I got:

        Each time the buffer where the "M-x list-timers" command was
        executed was *Help* and was a single window on the frame.

g--text follows this line--

        "C-x 2" (split-window-below) works fine.

Hi,


        I then saw:


        How can I debug this?

        Thanks.


In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 87, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.20.10)
 of 2018-11-15 built on localhost.localdomain
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Message #11 received at 33417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Live System User <nyc4bos <at> aol.com>, 33417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33417: display-buffer problems
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:25:26 +0100

>          In my setup (.e.g not emacs -Q):
>
>          While viewing the *Help* buffer which was the only window
>          on the frame, I typed "M-x list-timers"
>
> split-window: Window #<window 266 on *Messages*> too small for splitting
>
> window-normalize-window: #<window 279> is not a valid window
>
> split-window: Window #<window 505 on window.el> too small for splitting
>
>          And again:
>
> Features:
>          Typing the command again, I got:
>
>          Each time the buffer where the "M-x list-timers" command was
>          executed was *Help* and was a single window on the frame.
>
> g--text follows this line--
>
>          "C-x 2" (split-window-below) works fine.
>
> Hi,
>
>
>          I then saw:
>
>
>          How can I debug this?
>
>          Thanks.

Doesn't (setq debug-on-error t) give you a backtrace of the
'split-window' error?

Note that 'list-timers' usually pops up the *Disabled Command* buffer


You have invoked the disabled command list-timers.
Beware: manually canceling timers can ruin your Emacs session.

Do you want to use this command anyway?

You can now type
y   to try it and enable it (no questions if you use it again).
n   to cancel--don’t try the command, and it remains disabled.
SPC to try the command just this once, but leave it disabled.
!   to try it, and enable all disabled commands for this session only.


dialog which might be creating the problem you see.

martin

Message #14 received at 33417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Live System User <nyc4bos <at> aol.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 33417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33417: display-buffer problems
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 08:30:25 -0500

martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> writes:

>>          In my setup (.e.g not emacs -Q):
>>
>>          While viewing the *Help* buffer which was the only window
>>          on the frame, I typed "M-x list-timers"
>>
>> split-window: Window #<window 266 on *Messages*> too small for splitting
>>
>> window-normalize-window: #<window 279> is not a valid window
>>
>> split-window: Window #<window 505 on window.el> too small for splitting
>>
>>          And again:
>>
>> Features:
>>          Typing the command again, I got:
>>
>>          Each time the buffer where the "M-x list-timers" command was
>>          executed was *Help* and was a single window on the frame.
>>
>> g--text follows this line--
>>
>>          "C-x 2" (split-window-below) works fine.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>          I then saw:
>>
>>
>>          How can I debug this?
>>
>>          Thanks.
>
> Doesn't (setq debug-on-error t) give you a backtrace of the
> 'split-window' error?

  No.

  I actually typed "M-x toggle-debug-on-error" which amounts to
  the same thing:

debug-on-error is a variable defined in ‘C source code’.
Its value is t
Original value was nil

         There was no additional information and no *Backtrace*.
         
>
> Note that 'list-timers' usually pops up the *Disabled Command* buffer
>
>
> You have invoked the disabled command list-timers.
> Beware: manually canceling timers can ruin your Emacs session.
>
> Do you want to use this command anyway?
>
> You can now type
> y   to try it and enable it (no questions if you use it again).
> n   to cancel--don’t try the command, and it remains disabled.
> SPC to try the command just this once, but leave it disabled.
> !   to try it, and enable all disabled commands for this session only.
>
>
> dialog which might be creating the problem you see.

  Yes, I type "SPC" to temporarily enable the command.

  Thanks.


>
> martin

Message #17 received at 33417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Live System User <nyc4bos <at> aol.com>
Cc: 33417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33417: display-buffer problems
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 20:36:47 +0100

>> Doesn't (setq debug-on-error t) give you a backtrace of the
>> 'split-window' error?
>
>    No.
>
>    I actually typed "M-x toggle-debug-on-error" which amounts to
>    the same thing:
>
> debug-on-error is a variable defined in ‘C source code’.
> Its value is t
> Original value was nil
>
>           There was no additional information and no *Backtrace*.
>

Bad.  I have no idea whether this means that the 'split-window' call
was wrapped in a condition-case and if so why you get the errors then.
Does the failure happen when you are in the *scratch* buffer and do
M-x list-timers?  Can you try to edebug 'split-window' and get a
backtrace before it throws an error?

>    Yes, I type "SPC" to temporarily enable the command.

So the *Disabled Command* window pops up, you type SPC, the *Disabled
Command* window disappears and then the errors above are thrown?  Is
that what you see?

If you make an exact copy of 'list-timers', call it 'my-list-timers'
and invoke it via M-x my-list-timers: Does it throw the same errors?

martin

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