Re: error entering dired

[Michael Powe <michael+gnus@trollope.org>]

>>>>> "Tassilo" == Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes:

    >> After opening emacs and trying to enter dired mode, I get this
    >> message and dired buffer will not open:
    >> 
    >> font-lock-eval-keywords: Lisp nesting exceeds
    >> `max-lisp-eval-depth'

    Tassilo> Please start a fresh emacs, do `M-x
    Tassilo> toggle-debug-on-error' and then try to start dired.  Then
    Tassilo> poste what's in the *Backtrace* and *Messages* buffer.

Hello,

Below are the results of the backtrace.  Note that after I did this, i
tried to start gnus to send the information and got the same error
message when gnus started.  I then had to quit emacs and start again
to get back here.  Things to make you go 'hmm.'

Thanks.

mp

============ backtrace ==================
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Lisp nesting exceeds `max-lisp-eval-depth'")
  font-lock-eval-keywords(t)
  [ ... this entry repeats 285 times ... ]
  font-lock-eval-keywords(t)
  font-lock-eval-keywords(t)
  font-lock-eval-keywords(t)
  font-lock-eval-keywords(dired-font-lock-keywords)
  font-lock-set-defaults()
  font-lock-mode-internal(t)
  font-lock-default-function(t)
  font-lock-mode()
  turn-on-font-lock()
  turn-on-font-lock-if-enabled()
  global-font-lock-mode-enable-in-buffers()
  run-hooks(after-change-major-mode-hook)
  run-mode-hooks(dired-mode-hook)
  dired-mode("~/" "-al")
  dired-internal-noselect("~/" nil)
  dired-noselect("~/" nil)
  dired("~/" nil)
  call-interactively(dired)
=========== end backtrace ==================
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=========== end messages ===================

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