From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10034: 24.0.91; max-specpdl-size error Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:49:27 +0100 Message-ID: <4EBFA0B7.20400@gmx.at> References: <84bosg634i.fsf@aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1321181443 12653 80.91.229.12 (13 Nov 2011 10:50:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:50:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10034@debbugs.gnu.org To: nyc4bos@aol.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 13 11:50:39 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RPXe2-000188-UT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:50:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60361 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPXe2-0002Zx-J3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:50:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53301) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPXdz-0002ZR-Vw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:50:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPXdz-0004Dz-33 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:50:35 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46011) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPXdz-0004Dq-1Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:50:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RPXeP-0002RJ-RY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:51:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:51:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10034 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10034-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10034.13211814079315 (code B ref 10034); Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:51:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10034) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Nov 2011 10:50:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RPXdW-0002QB-Cb for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:50:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RPXdU-0002Pc-2f for 10034@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:50:05 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 13 Nov 2011 10:49:30 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-48-44.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.48.44]) [62.47.48.44] by mail.gmx.net (mp022) with SMTP; 13 Nov 2011 11:49:30 +0100 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19bYcNGYWNbiVRvIsTRz0UqYOAxMMoRU8MjrJNrP6 InEGWbkfAwOxn5 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <84bosg634i.fsf@aol.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:51:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:53855 Archived-At: > Eventually, I would get into a state where I couldn't do much, seeing > messages like: > > window-min-size-1: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size > > I then could only kill Emacs. Do you mean that Emacs looped and C-g didn't quit? If you can see a message like the above, C-g usually works. > In GNU Emacs 24.0.91.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) > of 2011-11-07 on MARVIN IIUC this is with a build made _before_ Chong's `window-total-size' change, so the latter can't be the culprit. I can't propose much about this at the moment. If this happens again and you can get back to the command loop via C-g, try to open a new frame via C-x 5 2 and look at the last lines of the *Messages* buffer. If for some reason you can't make a new frame, try C-x 1 instead. martin