Fix bug #14739 with creation of GUI frames from TTY session on Windows.

 src/w32fns.c (Fx_create_frame): Error out if called from a TTY
 session.

 lisp/frame.el (window-system-for-display): Don't allow to create a
 GUI frame from a -nw session on MS-Windows.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 9996dae5932..3c9356fbd7c 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-12-28  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+        * frame.el (window-system-for-display): Don't allow to create a
+        GUI frame from a -nw session on MS-Windows.  (Bug#14739)
+
 2013-12-28  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
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diff --git a/lisp/frame.el b/lisp/frame.el
index 6105c88d7be..cb08fcb753f 100644
--- a/lisp/frame.el
+++ b/lisp/frame.el
@@ -540,10 +540,14 @@ is not considered (see `next-frame')."
 (defun window-system-for-display (display)
   "Return the window system for DISPLAY.
 Return nil if we don't know how to interpret DISPLAY."
-  (cl-loop for descriptor in display-format-alist
-           for pattern = (car descriptor)
-           for system = (cdr descriptor)
-           when (string-match-p pattern display) return system))
+  ;; MS-Windows doesn't know how to create a GUI frame in a -nw session.
+  (if (and (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
+           (null (window-system)))
+      nil
+    (cl-loop for descriptor in display-format-alist
+             for pattern = (car descriptor)
+             for system = (cdr descriptor)
+             when (string-match-p pattern display) return system)))
 
 (defun make-frame-on-display (display &optional parameters)
   "Make a frame on display DISPLAY.