From: John Croix <jcroix@mac.com>
To: "Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
Cc: 12769@debbugs.gnu.org, John Croix <jcroix@mac.com>
Subject: bug#12769: 24.2; Files won't save on Macintosh/Mountain Lion
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:37:20 -0500 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: <36918149-9C7B-48B4-8043-9EB58342EB5A@swipnet.se>
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Oops. I missed that part of the bug report instruction set. Running with "-Q" works. Running without "-Q" doesn't.
I can generate a QuickTime video to show the problem if you like.
Regards,
John
On Oct 30, 2012, at 3:33 PM, Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I can't reproduce this. Are you sure you started with -Q?
>
> Jan D.
>
> 30 okt 2012 kl. 20:25 skrev John Croix <jcroix@mac.com>:
>
>> This bug report will be sent to the Bug-GNU-Emacs mailing list
>> and the GNU bug tracker at debbugs.gnu.org. Please check that
>> the From: line contains a valid email address. After a delay of up
>> to one day, you should receive an acknowledgement at that address.
>>
>> Please write in English if possible, as the Emacs maintainers
>> usually do not have translators for other languages.
>>
>> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug, and
>> the precise symptoms of the bug. If you can, give a recipe
>> starting from `emacs -Q':
>>
>>
>> I've tried to install Emacs 24.2 from multiple sources:
>> http://emacsformacosx, the GNU sources (configure --with-ns), and
>> MacPorts. All of them have the same problem on *two* different Macintosh
>> computers running Mountain Lion. Emacs 23.4 works just fine. BTW, I've
>> been using emacs for about 20 years, so the bug (saving a file to disk)
>> isn't pilot error.
>>
>> When I start emacs and create a new file (~/abc) and type
>> something into it, the two asterisks appear to show that the buffer is
>> modified. When I attempt to save it, I get the message "Saving file
>> /Users/jcroix/abc...". However, the message never goes away, the two
>> asterisks never disappear, and the file is never written.
>>
>> If I look at my directory, I can see the restore file ".#abc ->
>> jcroix@mac-jcroix.cadence.com.24380" with a size of 35, but the file
>> "abc" is not present.
>>
>> When I attempt to quit emacs (^x ^c), I get the message "Save file
>> /Users/jcroix/abc? (y, n, !, ., q, C-r, d or C-h)" at which point I hit
>> "y". Up pops a message "Modified buffers exist; exit anyway? (yes or
>> no)". If I type "no", I remain in edit mode, and the two asterisks are
>> still present. If I type "yes", the save file is deleted but the file
>> "abc" is absent.
>>
>> There are no errors in the "*Messages*" buffer. Here are the contents
>> of that buffer:
>> Loading delsel...done
>> Loading paren...done
>> For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
>> (New file)
>> Saving file /Users/jcroix/abc...
>> So it's trying to save it -- it just doesn't manage to do so.
>>
>>
>> If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
>> please include the output from the following gdb commands:
>> `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
>> For information about debugging Emacs, please read the file
>> /opt/local/share/emacs/24.2/etc/DEBUG.
>>
>>
>> In GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin12.2.0, X toolkit, Xaw scroll bars)
>> of 2012-10-30 on mac-jcroix.cadence.com
>> Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11300000
>> Configured using:
>> `configure '--prefix=/opt/local' '--without-dbus' '--without-gconf'
>> '--without-libotf' '--without-m17n-flt' '--without-gpm'
>> '--without-gnutls' '--without-xml2' '--infodir'
>> '/opt/local/share/info/emacs' '--with-x-toolkit=lucid'
>> '--without-xaw3d' '--with-xpm' '--with-jpeg' '--with-tiff' '--with-gif'
>> '--with-png' '--without-rsvg' '--with-xft' 'CC=/usr/bin/clang'
>> 'CFLAGS=-pipe -O2 -arch x86_64' 'LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib -lfreetype
>> -lfontconfig -Wl,-no_pie -arch x86_64' 'CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include''
>>
>> Important settings:
>> value of $LC_ALL: nil
>> value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
>> value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
>> value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
>> value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
>> value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
>> value of $LC_TIME: nil
>> value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
>> value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
>> locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
>> default enable-multibyte-characters: t
>>
>> Major mode: Lisp Interaction
>>
>> Minor modes in effect:
>> show-paren-mode: t
>> tooltip-mode: t
>> mouse-wheel-mode: t
>> tool-bar-mode: t
>> menu-bar-mode: t
>> file-name-shadow-mode: t
>> global-font-lock-mode: t
>> font-lock-mode: t
>> blink-cursor-mode: t
>> auto-composition-mode: t
>> auto-encryption-mode: t
>> auto-compression-mode: t
>> column-number-mode: t
>> line-number-mode: t
>> transient-mark-mode: t
>>
>> Recent input:
>> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <escape> x r e
>> p o r t - e m a c s - b u g <return>
>>
>> Recent messages:
>> Loading delsel...done
>> Loading paren...done
>> For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
>>
>> Load-path shadows:
>> None found.
>>
>> Features:
>> (shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr emacsbug message idna format-spec
>> rfc822 mml easymenu mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse
>> rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail regexp-opt rfc2047
>> rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils paren delsel cus-start
>> cus-load time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel
>> x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image fringe lisp-mode register page
>> menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock
>> syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang
>> vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek
>> romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese
>> case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer loaddefs
>> button faces cus-face files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64
>> format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable
>> backquote make-network-process dynamic-setting system-font-setting
>> font-render-setting x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-30 20:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-30 19:25 bug#12769: 24.2; Files won't save on Macintosh/Mountain Lion John Croix
2012-10-30 20:33 ` Jan Djärv
2012-10-30 20:37 ` John Croix [this message]
2012-10-30 21:07 ` Jan Djärv
2012-10-31 3:04 ` John Croix
2012-10-31 7:33 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-10-31 7:41 ` martin rudalics
2012-10-31 8:09 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-10-31 10:27 ` martin rudalics
2012-10-31 14:50 ` John Croix
2012-10-31 15:07 ` John Croix
2012-10-31 16:09 ` Stefan Monnier
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