bug#2426: 23.0.90; .Xdefaults break emacs on MacOsX

[David Abrahams]

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usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:
* Install this file as ~/.Xdefaults
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Emacs.FontBackend: xft
Emacs.font: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10.5
Emacs.toolBar: 0
Emacs.menuBar: 1


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* start emacs-23 (I'm using a nightly build from http://porkrind.org/emacs/) on 
MacOS
* `M-x set-default-font<RET>monaco 14'

Emacs crashes.




If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/etc/DEBUG for instructions.


In GNU Emacs 23.0.90.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.6.0, NS apple-appkit-949.43)
 of 2009-02-18 on black.local
Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.949
configured using `configure  '--with-ns''

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: nil
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Dired by name

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  server-mode: t
  global-auto-revert-mode: t
  delete-selection-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<return> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> M-x s 
e t - v a r <tab> <return> s m t p <backspace> p m 
a i l - s m t p - s e r v e r <return> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
M-x l o a d - l i b <tab> <return> s m t p b <backspace> 
m a i l <return> M-x M-p M-p <return> s m t <tab> s 
m <tab> e r <tab> <return> " s m t p . r c . <backspace> 
n . c o m " <return> M-x e m a c s - b u <tab> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> r e p o <tab> r t - <tab> 
<return>

Recent messages:
Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell
Tramp: Found remote shell prompt on `192.168.188.10'
Tramp: Sending command `sudo -u root -s -H -p Password:; echo "Tramp" 
"connection" "closed"; sleep 1'
Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell
Tramp: Sending password
Tramp: Found remote shell prompt on `192.168.188.10' [3 times]
call-interactively: Text is read-only
Quit
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Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
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