bug#23674: 25.0.93; Daemon mode on Windows

[Paul Moore]

Daemon mode on Windows (initialised by calling "emacs --daemon") starts
up Emacs with a frame running on a non-GUI terminal. This can be seen by
starting Emacs with "emacs -Q --daemon" and then "emacsclient -c". In the
scratch buffer, execute

    (mapcar #'frame-terminal (visible-frame-list))

The result is

    (#<terminal 0 on initial_terminal> #<terminal 1 on w32>)

Because Emacs is started with only a non-GUI terminal, GUI functions
such as find-font do not work as expected, so it's not possible to
configure GUI settings from init.el without complex workarounds (e.g.
deferring font selection until a GUI frame is open). Few packages seem
to expect this situation (for example, Spacemacs and Powerline), and as
a result configuration does not work as expected.

Would it be possible to modify the --daemon behaviour to open the initial
hidden frame on the "w32" GUI terminal, as this would avoid packages
having to modify their configuration process to deal with not having
access to the GUI terminal on startup?

In GNU Emacs 25.0.93.1 (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2016-04-23 built on KAEL
Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 'configure --prefix=/tmp/emacs --without-imagemagick 'CFLAGS=-O2
 -fomit-frame-pointer -g0''

Configured features:
XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG SOUND DBUS NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: ENG
  locale-coding-system: cp1252

Major mode: Emacs-Lisp

Minor modes in effect:
  auto-compile-mode: t
  elisp-slime-nav-mode: t
  goto-address-prog-mode: t
  bug-reference-prog-mode: t
  auto-highlight-symbol-mode: t
  clean-aindent-mode: t
  highlight-numbers-mode: t
  highlight-parentheses-mode: t
  rainbow-delimiters-mode: t
  helm-descbinds-mode: t
  helm-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  helm-flx-mode: t
  projectile-global-mode: t
  projectile-mode: t
  recentf-mode: t
  hl-todo-mode: t
  winner-mode: t
  window-numbering-mode: t
  volatile-highlights-mode: t
  global-undo-tree-mode: t
  undo-tree-mode: t
  spaceline-info-mode: t
  spaceline-helm-mode: t
  smooth-scrolling-mode: t
  save-place-mode: t
  savehist-mode: t
  popwin-mode: t
  persp-mode: t
  global-page-break-lines-mode: t
  page-break-lines-mode: t
  Info-breadcrumbs-in-mode-line-mode: t
  ido-vertical-mode: t
  flx-ido-mode: t
  global-evil-surround-mode: t
  evil-surround-mode: t
  global-evil-search-highlight-persist: t
  evil-search-highlight-persist: t
  show-smartparens-global-mode: t
  show-smartparens-mode: t
  smartparens-mode: t
  evil-escape-mode: t
  global-anzu-mode: t
  anzu-mode: t
  eval-sexp-fu-flash-mode: t
  spacemacs-leader-override-mode: t
  global-spacemacs-leader-override-mode: t
  global-hl-line-mode: t
  xterm-mouse-mode: t
  global-auto-revert-mode: t
  which-key-mode: t
  override-global-mode: t
  evil-mode: t
  evil-local-mode: t
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  eldoc-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  hs-minor-mode: t

Recent messages:
SPC ESC is undefined
Type y, n, ! or SPC (the space bar):
SPC n ESC is undefined
mode-line-point-position enabled.
mode-line-point-position disabled.
Quit
mode-line-point-position enabled.
Quit
mode-line-point-position disabled.
Type M-x delete-other-windows to remove help window.
mwheel-scroll: End of buffer

Load-path shadows:
c:/Users/UK03306/.emacs.d/elpa/helm-20160530.424/helm-multi-match
hides c:/Users/UK03306/.emacs.d/elpa/helm-core-20160530.52/helm-multi-match

Features:
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mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail mail-utils novice helm-command
helm-elisp helm-eval edebug apropos auto-compile packed elisp-slime-nav
goto-addr bug-reference auto-highlight-symbol clean-aindent-mode
highlight-numbers parent-mode highlight-parentheses hideshow
rainbow-delimiters org-element org-rmail org-mhe org-irc org-info
org-gnus org-docview doc-view jka-compr image-mode org-bibtex bibtex
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ob-tangle ob-ref ob-lob ob-table ob-exp org-src ob-keys ob-comint
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calendar cal-loaddefs two-column iso-transl helm-descbinds helm-mode
helm-files image-dired tramp tramp-compat tramp-loaddefs trampver shell
pcomplete format-spec dired-x dired-aux ffap helm-buffers helm-elscreen
helm-tags helm-bookmark helm-adaptive helm-info bookmark helm-locate
helm-grep helm-regexp helm-plugin helm-external helm-net browse-url xml
url url-proxy url-privacy url-expand url-methods url-history url-cookie
url-domsuf url-util mailcap helm-utils helm-help helm-types helm-flx
helm helm-source eieio-compat helm-multi-match helm-lib dired projectile
grep compile ibuf-ext ibuffer recentf tree-widget async hl-todo server
winner window-numbering etags xref project volatile-highlights undo-tree
diff spaceline-config spaceline-segments s ucs-normalize spaceline
powerline powerline-separators color powerline-themes smooth-scrolling
smartparens-config saveplace savehist popwin persp-mode page-break-lines
info+ ido-vertical-mode flx-ido flx ido exec-path-from-shell
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smartparens dash evil-indent-plus evil-exchange evil-escape evil-args
evil-anzu anzu info eval-sexp-fu rx highlight diminish adaptive-wrap
hybrid-mode evil-evilified-state ielm pp comint ansi-color hl-line
xt-mouse autorevert filenotify quelpa url-parse auth-source gnus-util
password-cache url-vars package-build mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode
mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util help-fns
mail-prsvr json map lisp-mnt use-package which-key bind-key bind-map
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spacemacs-dark-theme spacemacs-common finder-inf
core-configuration-layer cl-seq ht cl warnings package epg-config seq
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core-spacemacs core-use-package-ext core-micro-state corelv core-toggle
core-keybindings core-fonts-support core-spacemacs-buffer derived
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core-display-init core-auto-completion core-release-management
core-emacs-backports core-dotspacemacs core-command-line core-debug
advice profiler easymenu cl-loaddefs cl-lib subr-x pcase mule-util
tooltip eldoc electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type
mwheel dos-w32 ls-lisp disp-table w32-win w32-vars term/common-win
tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment
elisp-mode lisp-mode prog-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer
select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core
frame cl-generic cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan
thai tai-viet lao korean japanese eucjp-ms cp51932 hebrew greek romanian
slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese charscript
case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer
cl-preloaded nadvice loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files
text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule
custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote w32notify dbusbind w32
multi-tty make-network-process emacs)

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