(echo_area_display) [HAVE_X_WINDOWS]: Do nothing

if selected_frame is equal to Vterminal_frame.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 25171792180..debece57c81 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-10-19  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
+
+        * xdisp.c (echo_area_display) [HAVE_X_WINDOWS]: Do nothing
+        if selected_frame is equal to Vterminal_frame.
+
 1999-10-19  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
         
         Add support for large files, 64-bit Solaris, system locale codings.
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index ebfe075d17d..f01f4b8f8b7 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -5857,18 +5857,13 @@ echo_area_display (update_frame_p)
   if (!FRAME_VISIBLE_P (f) || !f->glyphs_initialized_p)
     return 0;
 
-#if 0 /* inhibit_window_system is not a valid way of testing
-         whether a window system is in use.
-         This code prevents all echo area display
-         when you run plain `emacs' on a tty.  */
+#ifdef HAVE_X_WINDOWS
   /* When Emacs starts, selected_frame may be a visible terminal
      frame, even if we run under a window system.  If we let this
      through, a message would be displayed on the terminal.  */
-#ifdef HAVE_WINDOW_SYSTEM
-  if (!inhibit_window_system && !FRAME_WINDOW_P (sf))
+  if (EQ (selected_frame, Vterminal_frame))
     return 0;
-#endif /* HAVE_WINDOW_SYSTEM */
-#endif
+#endif /* HAVE_X_WINDOWS */
 
   /* Redraw garbaged frames.  */
   if (frame_garbaged)