I ran across a odd bug the other day. Essentially, when M-q is run with an open bracket in python mode, emacs will freeze. To replicate the error: $ emacs test.py type: def test( then hit M-q The version of emacs I'm using is: GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.7) of 2014-03-07 on lamiak, modified by Debian Its not a huge deal, it just struck me as odd since it generally really difficult to get emacs to crash. Thanks, Gaetan