From: Richard Stanton <rhstanton@berkeley.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 64407@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64407: 29.0.92; Emacs hangs while editing TeX file
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2023 23:09:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <29953BAA-5E65-4C10-B351-DFF7F3585C58@berkeley.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83a5weq4p0.fsf@gnu.org>
>> [Note: I’ve encountered the same behavior with all three release candidates of 29.1, but this problem does not occur with 28.2 (with the exact same init.el file).]
>>
>> Intermittently, while I’m typing in a LaTeX buffer, Emacs stops responding to the keyboard completely, and I have to “Force Quit” to get out. This always seems to be preceded by the message
>>
>> “Sorting TeX-symbol…done”
>>
>> appearing in the mini buffer.
>
> I don't see such a message in tex-mode.el. Are you using add-on
> packages for editing LaTeX? if so, which ones? I see TeX-PDF-mode and
> TeX-source-correlate-mode in your bug report -- what are those?
Yes, I use AUCTeX.
> And what does "Force Quit" mean in terms of Emacs? Is this an Emacs
> command or an OS command? And what does it do to Emacs? do you still
> have the same session running after it, or does it abort Emacs.
I’m talking about “Force Quit” using the OS. It aborts Emacs.
> Also, how long did you wait before using "Force Quit"? could it be
> that Emacs is doing something that takes a long time?
I’ve tried leaving it for several minutes, and nothing changes. Since all I’m doing is typing, this seems like long enough...
>> I’ve noticed that the title changes if I mouse click on a different buffer, so Emacs seems not to be completely dead, but the cursor never appears in the new buffer and I can’t actually do anything so it (almost) might as well be.
>>
>> I’ve tried finding a simple, repeatable way to get this to happen, but have so far been unsuccessful. I’d be happy to investigate further if anyone can tell me how to do so.
>
> One way of investigating is to attach a debugger to Emacs when it
> stops responding, and show the backtrace from all the threads.
Do you have a reference for how to do this?
Thanks.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-01 21:33 bug#64407: 29.0.92; Emacs hangs while editing TeX file Richard Stanton
2023-07-02 5:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-02 6:09 ` Richard Stanton [this message]
2023-07-02 6:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-11 16:38 ` Richard Stanton
2023-07-11 18:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
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