From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs 24.3.50 freezing in unusable state. Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:21:46 +0200 Message-ID: <1DBBF685-DDA9-49CE-9991-630CCCC0B171@Web.DE> References: <20130928095313.13364231@london> <83txh4eqyz.fsf@gnu.org> <20130929113951.2dbbd387@london> <7A1FAA6E-D4E8-4DCA-94FD-42002D36F214@Web.DE> <20130929144139.6e419fff@london> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1380468128 8857 80.91.229.3 (29 Sep 2013 15:22:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 15:22:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Sharon Kimble Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 29 17:22:12 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1VQIp1-0004mX-84 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:22:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45075 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VQIp0-0002He-II for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:22:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60363) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VQIol-0002HZ-A9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:22:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VQIof-0005BU-AU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:21:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.15.4]:54417) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VQIof-0005BN-0s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:21:49 -0400 Original-Received: from sumac.fritz.box ([178.200.132.241]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb001) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MdLcJ-1V9SeW1WeR-00IX5x for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:21:47 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20130929144139.6e419fff@london> X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.4.1 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:JyIchPqO9EWszd9v+IYjiybMDeT4MPcwuw0o92OtuikxObSZlRQ Qy7LFAJlqe4pFYMgf+16fBdusffitktwg/i6w2NapoWt7JGjloA2sFL84vXk6nKqA//iw9r WcY0YXRTRDhmN3XrUPUrYWO1+2iscXMO1xP/XTUTVED/GhaapYp353pHSe95nEHn+5oM7Sy 45bIB3P49tU67aJcsY6Vw== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.15.4 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:93751 Archived-At: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am 29.09.2013 um 15:41 schrieb Sharon Kimble: > Is there a way of automating the commenting out half the .emacs please > rather than having to do it tediously by hand?=20 You have at least two options: Either use the rectangle functions Sean = mentioned, or use the function comment-region. Leave .emacs in the other = Emacs open, but saved, and you can undo what you just did or some time = ago when you've finished bisecting. - -- Greetings Pete When you meet a master swordsman, show him your sword. When you meet a man who is not a poet, do not show him your poem. =E2=80=93 Rinzai, ninth century Zen master -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.20 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iEYEARECAAYFAlJIRYoACgkQNkpl4NeD2QDe2gCgtZGZK2yPJl/+cBc1RHaxeqS2 WD0AoIHma4EJpSTZPv2MhmSdiBgfMflX =3DzkS2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----