bug#33118: Emacs for macOS Crash and Font Issue

[Alan Third]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 01:03:46PM -0400, Tom Sobczynski wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I would like to report an issue that reliably leads to a crash, plus a
> problem with “Set Default Font” functionality. I recorded a screencast
> that demonstrates both issues:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/lezaqvav3o40j9l/Crash_and_Default_Font_Issue.mov?dl=0
> 
> The “Set Default Font” menu option sets the typeface for the current
> window, but it is not remembered across windows or across restarts.

This doesn’t do what it’s advertised as doing, and never has afaict.
It’s unclear how to make it do what it’s supposed to do, so we should
probably remove it.

> When used in full screen mode, entering “C-x 5 2” creates a new window
> (correctly except with the wrong typeface), but closing that window
> crashes Emacs every time.

This is a known issue that’s fixed in Emacs 26, however it depends on
how it’s been built.

Given that it keeps rearing its ugly head, I’m inclined to remove the
compile‐time check and just leave the run‐time check.
-- 
Alan Third