From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: nyc4bos@aol.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10034: 24.0.91; max-specpdl-size error Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:59:46 -0500 Message-ID: <84vcqkwz4t.fsf@aol.com> References: <84bosg634i.fsf@aol.com> <4EBFA0B7.20400@gmx.at> <84obwfpqy1.fsf@aol.com> <4EC0D740.7000707@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1321412436 16394 80.91.229.12 (16 Nov 2011 03:00:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:00:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10034@debbugs.gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 16 04:00:31 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 1RQVjj-0001G7-Fq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:00:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39026 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQVji-0007kP-TU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:00:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37361) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQVjc-0007k6-Jm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:00:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQVjY-0000KY-JS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:00:24 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49667) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQVjY-0000KU-GW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:00:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQVkD-0002OT-Ny for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:01:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: nyc4bos@aol.com Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:01:01 +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=B10034.13214124389170 (code B ref 10034); Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:01:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10034) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Nov 2011 03:00:38 +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 1RQVjq-0002Nq-8D for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:00:38 -0500 Original-Received: from imr-db02.mx.aol.com ([205.188.91.96]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQVjm-0002Nh-PX for 10034@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:00:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout-db04.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-db04.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.51.196]) by imr-db02.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id pAG2xmjk023956; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:59:48 -0500 Original-Received: from STATION03 (173-13-86-254-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.13.86.254]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-db04.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id B541EE000098; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:59:47 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <4EC0D740.7000707@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:54:24 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.91 (windows-nt) x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20110426; t=1321412388; bh=9pmJeY9PgpvBMhJksdj1JJWKs+34e7T1uQHCvMs/GdU=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=kPOtVuSF8zJqtZoD/Z7xLDG5Zifu2o7muz0okrBKIFmLmtcz+eVZbHzj1jSxxnSDr I659FO3k2fioLnaD8YfHlfU6EBtRYmQ4rnham6Dr0ysCjECQScHb+zuWMMkAZvvBm9 P2pbqWPvRV1GExDgyaoYjDE3LRwHNjTLTU0zl2BM= X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:477080704:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d33c44ec3272345a4 X-AOL-IP: 173.13.86.254 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:01:01 -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:53967 Archived-At: martin rudalics writes: >> C-g worked. However, other things that I did resulted in >> "Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size" messages. > > In a situation like this does it help to do either > > C-x 5 2 to make a new frame and delete the old one, or > > C-x 1 to display only one window? > > If either of this makes the messages disappear, the bug could be in the > window handling code. I haven't gotten the message message thus far with the new Emacs Windows zip file released yesterday (emacs-20111114-r106380-bin-i386.zip) by Christoph Scholtes with newer window.el/window.c code. I'll keep trying for a litle while longer to see if I can reproduce it. > >> The specific error message that I listed above: >> >> window-min-size-1: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size >> >> occurred when I tried to `C-SPC C-h M-w' the *Message* buffer. > > What is this key sequence supposed to do? It sets the mark, (mark-whole-buffer), and (kill-ring-save) of the *Message* buffer so that I could paste it in the new Emacs instance to send my bug report. > >> When I was geting different "max-specpdl-size" errors with almost >> everything I subsequently did, I started up a new Emacs instance in >> order to file a bug report. >> >> I then tried to copy the *Message* buffer from the original Emacs >> instance that was having this problem into the new Emacs instance in >> order to provide information for the bug report. >> >> I could `C-x b' (switch-to-buffer) to the *Message* buffer and a few >> other things but most things resulted in different "max-specpdl-size" >> warning messages. > > How many windows were on this Emacs frame at that time? Two. > >> (BTW, I noticed that after sending a bug report and successfully >> sending with `C-c C-c', the Bug Report Help buffer created when >> invoking `(report-emacs-bug)' at least from the menu-bar, remains >> visible as another (split) window. Is that intentional?) > > I don't know. Looking at the code of `report-emacs-bug' I don't see a > call to remove a window but maybe I'm missing something. > > martin