Re: recreating the initial terminal frame

[Stefan Monnier]

> I start emacs with --fg-daemon or --daemon, and then sometimes when I do
> a M-x (desktop-read "desktop-directory"), the initial terminal frame
> "F2" gets Destoyed.

Sounds like a bug.

> Conseuquently I cannot run emacs in "daemon mode"
> One gets the "Attempt to delete the sole visible or iconified frame"
> error when trying to close the last frame.
>
> Is there some way to construct the frame again?

I don't think so.  IIRC when the frame is deleted the corresponding file
descriptors are closed :-(

You can circumvent the "Attempt to delete the sole visible or iconified
frame" error by creating a dummy frame on some other terminal, of
course, but it won't be quite like the initial terminal frame.


        Stefan