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 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 : > >> 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: >> x r e >> p o r t - e m a c s - b u g >> >> 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) >> >> >> >> >