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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/xterm.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/xterm.c b/src/xterm.c index 1de49e2fde..143500256a 100644 --- a/src/xterm.c +++ b/src/xterm.c @@ -7911,7 +7911,13 @@ x_connection_closed (dpy, error_message) #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)); |