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: How to stop time-consuming operations? Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 22:00:04 +0200 Message-ID: <380AAA1B-44A9-4F04-BB39-6AF7296F6D22@Web.DE> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1148587656 16148 80.91.229.2 (25 May 2006 20:07:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 20:07:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 25 22:07:30 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FjM7A-00031n-7r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 May 2006 22:07:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FjM79-0006uj-FN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 May 2006 16:07:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FjM6t-0006sv-V1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 May 2006 16:07:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FjM6p-0006q3-U4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 May 2006 16:07:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FjM6p-0006q0-R1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 May 2006 16:07:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.221] (helo=fmmailgate01.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FjMBZ-0004AQ-Br for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 May 2006 16:11:57 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp07.web.de (fmsmtp07.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.215]) by fmmailgate01.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D869355D216; Thu, 25 May 2006 22:00:06 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [84.245.166.108] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp07.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.107 #114) id 1FjM06-0001eT-00; Thu, 25 May 2006 22:00:06 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Image-Url: http://homepage.mac.com/sparifankal/.cv/thumbs/me.thumbnail Original-To: kj X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:35244 Archived-At: Am 25.05.2006 um 21:26 schrieb kj: > I started a replace-string command that is taking too long (the > file is much bigger than I had realized). How can I tell Emacs to > abort the operation? Ctrl-G is not doing it... (I have a lot of > other buffers open, so I'd really prefer not to kill Emacs > altogether.) Put GNU Emacs asleep with Ctrl-Z and wake it when you go to bed. In the meantime use another instance! -- Greetings Pete Increase the size of your bike by at least *five* inches