From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#754: Can't cancel dabbrev-expand (M-/) with C-g Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:49:50 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87abf61i99.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <48ADC243.40104@porkrind.org> <4968270F.4000105@porkrind.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1309980293 17756 80.91.229.12 (6 Jul 2011 19:24:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 19:24:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , 754@debbugs.gnu.org To: David Caldwell Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 06 21:24:48 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 1QeXiI-0001wM-8Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:24:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34347 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QeXiH-0000dz-0S for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:24:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:51041) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QeWFc-0008JI-SS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:51:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QeWFa-0000DH-Q9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:51:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35168) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QeWFa-0000D7-Lm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:51:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QeWFZ-0007YW-Vc; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:51:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:51:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 754 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 754-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B754.130997460528969 (code B ref 754); Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:51:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 754) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jul 2011 17:50:05 +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 1QeWEf-0007XC-1w for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:50:05 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QeWEd-0007We-3d for 754@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:50:03 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=quimbies.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QeWEQ-0007vi-SL; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:49:50 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Anna =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=A4rvinen's?= _Man var bland molnen_: "Ruth" X-Hashcash: 1:23:110706:cyd@stupidchicken.com::G3C9BFWG3Nh7qidf:00000000000000000000000000000000000000004OeJ X-Hashcash: 1:23:110706:754@debbugs.gnu.org::onNIMgkraiCqPCnT:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000VKBz X-Hashcash: 1:23:110706:david@porkrind.org::p4g1HjI1hXFH3Ez6:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000001I+ju In-Reply-To: <4968270F.4000105@porkrind.org> (David Caldwell's message of "Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:41:51 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1QeWEQ-0007vi-SL MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1310579390.96469@dWcw79Rk2S07iWVgLTEa/g X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:51:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:48107 Archived-At: David Caldwell writes: >>>> If I have many buffers open (284 at the moment) and if I run >>>> dabbrev-expand (M-/) to expand the word under my buffers then it >>>> searches through every buffer and takes an understandably long >>>> time. If I mispelled the word fragment then it never has a hope of >>>> finding it and I'd like to cancel the operation. But C-g does not work >>>> for some reason and so I have to wait a good 5 to 10 seconds for it to >>>> finish scanning all my buffers. This gets very frustrating after the >>>> third or fourth time. [...] > After further testing, I believe this is not really a bug in dabbrev. > C-g *does* cancel the operation, it's just that sometimes there is a > large lag before it cancels (though in my current tests I've never had > it go beyond 2 seconds). I have a ton of buffers open right this moment > and fulling scan them takes 15 to 20 seconds, so I can definitely tell > that it's canceling. > > The 1 to 2 second lag is still a little frustrating, but it's much > better than the originally reported 5 to 10 second lag. I wonder if it > has to do with how the Mac handles the quit signal in windowed mode... Do you know if this bug is still present in newer Emacs versions? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/