bug#571: 23.0.60; Solaris 5.8 version hangs (X resources for faces)

[Klaus Zeitler]

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:


The following 3 lines in function face-set-after-frame-default in faces.el
cause emacs to hang at startup (before the initial frame pops up).

          ;; X resouces for the default face are applied during
          ;; x-create-frame.
          (and (not (eq face 'default))
               (memq (window-system frame) '(x w32 mac))         
               (make-face-x-resource-internal face frame))


When I evaluate the function below in scratch buffer with
(face-set-after-frame-default-tst (selected-frame))
I get: Wrong type argument: font, unspecified


(defun face-set-after-frame-default-tst (frame &optional parameters)
  "Initialize the frame-local faces of FRAME.
Calculate the face definitions using the face specs, custom theme
settings, X resources, and `face-new-frame-defaults'.
Finally, apply any relevant face attributes found amongst the
frame parameters in PARAMETERS and `default-frame-alist'."
  (dolist (face (nreverse (face-list)))
    (condition-case ()
        (progn
          ;; Initialize faces from face spec and custom theme.
          (face-spec-recalc face frame)
          ;; X resouces for the default face are applied during
          ;; x-create-frame.
          (and (not (eq face 'default))
               (memq (window-system frame) '(x w32 mac))         
               (make-face-x-resource-internal face frame))
          ;; Apply attributes specified by face-new-frame-defaults
          (internal-merge-in-global-face face frame))
      ;; Don't let invalid specs prevent frame creation.
      (error nil))))


It's the face 'menu' that causes the error.

As a workaround I've now added a font spec for the menu face to my
Xresources file and the error is gone, e.g.
Emacs.menu.attributeFont: 
-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-17-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1



In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8, Motif Version 2.1.0)
 of 2008-07-17 on sfsws4
Windowing system distributor `Sun Microsystems, Inc.', version 11.0.6410
configured using `configure  '--prefix=/vol/freeware/SunOS-5.8/emacs/cvs' 
'--sharedstatedir=/vol/freeware/SunOS-5.8/emacs/cvs/share' 
'--with-x-toolkit=motif' 
'--x-includes=/usr/openwin/include:/usr/local/gnu/include:/opt/exp/gnu/include:/opt/exp/include:/opt/exp/lib/xpm/include'
 
'--x-libraries=/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/local/gnu/lib:/opt/exp/gnu/lib:/opt/exp/lib:/opt/exp/lib/xpm/lib'
 '--with-pop' 'CC=gcc' 'XMKMF=/usr/openwin/bin/xmkmf''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: C
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  desktop-save-mode: t
  url-handler-mode: t
  global-hi-lock-mode: t
  hi-lock-mode: t
  auto-image-file-mode: t
  recentf-mode: t
  global-auto-revert-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  which-function-mode: t
  msb-mode: t
  minibuffer-electric-default-mode: t
  savehist-mode: t
  minibuffer-indicate-depth-mode: t
  partial-completion-mode: t
  cua-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  unify-8859-on-decoding-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
C-x C-f . l o g t SPC <backspace> <return> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> 
<backspace> 4 C-x C-s C-x k <return> <help-echo> <select-window> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <f8> n SPC SPC q <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> SPC SPC <down> SPC <down> SPC 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> q <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> SPC c <help-echo> <select-window> <select-window> 
<select-window> <help-echo> <select-window> <help-echo> 
<select-window> <select-window> <down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> 
<down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> SPC SPC <backspace> e q SPC 
SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC C-g q <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> SPC <up> <down> <up> <down> SPC q <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <switch-frame> <help-echo> <select-window> 
<switch-frame> q <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> 
<help-menu> <send-emacs-bug-report> <select-window> 
C-g <f8> n <switch-frame> <switch-frame> <switch-frame> 
<help-echo> <switch-frame> <prior> <next> <next> <next> 
<next> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <down-mouse-2> 
<mouse-2> 2 0 0 0 <return> <prior> <next> <next> <next> 
<next> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <down-mouse-2> 
<mouse-2> <select-window> <select-window> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1> <select-window> 
<help-echo> <switch-frame> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<menu-bar> <help-menu> <send-emacs-bug-report>

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|  Klaus Zeitler      Alcatel-Lucent               |
|  Email:             kzeitler@alcatel-lucent.com  |
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