Re: emacs -nw display bug?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Joost Kremers <joost.m.kremers@gmail.com>
> Date: 1 Jul 2014 08:53:36 GMT
> 
> Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >>> - (setq-local mode-line-format nil) ; disable the mode line in the 
> >>> current window
> >> Don't do that.  Emacs display engine assumes that there always is a
> >> mode line.
> >
> > This situation is poorly tested, but it's documented, and some code
> > relies on it, so I think we should try to make it work.  It's not super
> > high priority, obviously, tho,
> 
> Ok, I sent a bug report, so it doesn't get forgotten. I'll also add a
> workaround to my code (setting the mode line to "" or something). If
> that turns out to be a permanent solution, it won't be so bad. ;-)

The bug is now fixed in the repository.