Strange warnings on Emacs for Mac OS X

[Makarius]

This is the "no-nonsense" version from ​http://emacsformacosx.com -- either Emacs 23.1.1 or 23.2.1.

While scripting is active, lots of the following warnings accumulate:

2010-08-03 17:43:18.588 Emacs[1700:62b] Invalid image for toolbar item
2010-08-03 17:43:18.605 Emacs[1700:62b] Invalid image for toolbar item
2010-08-03 17:43:18.903 Emacs[1700:62b] Invalid image for toolbar item
2010-08-03 17:43:19.341 Emacs[1700:62b] Invalid image for toolbar item
2010-08-03 17:43:19.372 Emacs[1700:62b] Invalid image for toolbar item

Moreover, there can be something like this in the end:

Emacs: WARNING: TextInput mgr wants marked text to be permanent!

This is all a bit confusing to the user, because the Isabelle.app produces a prominent popup for any such wild output of the underlying Unix process.

[David Aspinall]

It's pretty confusing to me too! What kind of images is it complaining about or does it want?

[Makarius]

No idea what is actually wrong -- the toolbar images look OK in the end. Maybe just some "non-sense" in the "no non-sense" version of GNU Emacs 23 for Mac OS X.

The second warning looks even more disturbing to me -- like a genuine oddity we only know too well from the other Emacsen on Mac OS X.

So this raises again the standard question between Scylla and Charybdis on that particular platform. Shall we try Carbon Emacs instead?

[David Aspinall]

I'm trying it now. Where do you see those warnings? I can't find them even looking for them.

I like the Emacs monster analogy, 8-)

[David Aspinall]

Seems likely to be an Emacs issue: ​http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=4092

(I found the warnings on tty when toolbar is enabled)