From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "T.V. Raman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: help-mode:hits infinite loop? Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 08:12:00 -0700 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1347203526 9631 80.91.229.3 (9 Sep 2012 15:12:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 15:12:06 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 09 17:12:08 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TAjB9-0001VG-EA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:12:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39327 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TAjB5-0001PN-W8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:12:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49684) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TAjB4-0001PH-5B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TAjB3-0002Vj-9p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ie0-f169.google.com ([209.85.223.169]:62715) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TAjB3-0002Vf-4z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:12:01 -0400 Original-Received: by iec9 with SMTP id 9so1893001iec.0 for ; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 08:12:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=grX3qf7B7hvXsmBUAFXsd65MzAwDJOtNbAXEeUc8/iM=; b=VazuK/PHpczZL9MZ2MqRympB5qjTyMQuVhQX5jKT94JvWGKNu1nI6lqYc3zZ6sWFRB yBbKD+KczP+TF64BbYIKtik7bK1upt8unx/+P0/c0YoXwRD96feGWmWr7qymRgShAzND w/v+Z5M2734dnBsCYqR/Z2nvpOTyC2XFAB/Z2Ej3r/9Rh7nf8oAQ9y8h3sqzE4aK+d7V lCvdJb7vQBZuJ2ndwm5XXz0mIJgTajncUaQ/jzD95fGACT6BD7ryw+/RXCN7l1+2gXEi OzF7yvo2XaMebGDzUFSMxzu125UgAtSm9Q4pc3DLk6nmyzkILnrm8zNQqk+Iq9AKzpGi 3oVQ== Original-Received: by 10.43.43.194 with SMTP id ud2mr14408411icb.13.1347203520338; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 08:12:00 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.42.158.72 with HTTP; Sun, 9 Sep 2012 08:12:00 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.223.169 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:153200 Archived-At: invoking help-mode appears to hit some kind of loop and hangs -- happens in all major modes. I have to hit ctrl-g multiple times before emacs starts responding, and at that point the mode description is displayed. Unclear where it is hanging; I turned on debug-on-quit and was surprized when I did not get a backtrace after hitting ctrl-g --- note that Ihad to hit ctrl-g multiple times before it broke out. None of the other help commands appear to display this problem. -- Best Regards, --raman