Re: Need help debugging Emacs: emacsclient will not draw its contents sometimes

[Jon Dufresne]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> This shows that Emacs examined the frames and windows, and decided
> that nothing requires to be redrawn.  Most redisplay cycles are like
> that, so this trace doesn't yet point to any problem.

For clarification on what I see, see the image: https://i.imgur.com/HWrwtUm.png

>
> If you type "M-x" into the (empty, AFAIU) client frame, does Emacs
> display the "M-x" prompt?

In the empty frame, no.

I sometimes also have an existing client frame that continues to work
normally. Typing M-x into this frame works normally.

>  Does it also redisplay some of the frame?

No.

> What happens if you type "M-x redraw-display RET"? does Emacs display
> anything?

Nothing. This is true if I type "M-x redraw-display RET" with the
drawn frame focused or the non-drawn frame focused. Would it help to
set a breakpoint before typing this command? If so where would you
expect something interesting?

Cheers,
Jon