bug#69081: 29.1; M-x throwing error with ConTeXt mode

bug#69081: 29.1; M-x throwing error with ConTeXt mode

[Allen Juntao Fang]

M-x on start up triggers the "Symbol's chain of function indirections
contains a loop: ConTeXt mode". When I load my init.el from emacs-q, the
error does not occur. This appeared after updating auctex recently,
although I'm not sure where the error could come from given that it does
not appear in emacs -q


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bug#69081: 29.1; M-x throwing error with ConTeXt mode

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:10:13 -0500
> From: Allen Juntao Fang <shofly12@gmail.com>
> 
> M-x on start up triggers the "Symbol's chain of function indirections
> contains a loop: ConTeXt mode". When I load my init.el from emacs-q, the
> error does not occur. This appeared after updating auctex recently,
> although I'm not sure where the error could come from given that it does
> not appear in emacs -q

Thank you for your report.

Since the problem doesn't happen in "emacs -q", we ask you to provide
a recipe, starting from "emacs -q" and loading the minimum set of
optional features, which we could use to reproduce the problem and
investigate it.  In particular, it sounds like you are using something
called "ConTeXt mode", which AFAIK is not part of Emacs -- the recipe
we ask you to post should include whatever is needed to activate that
mode, which seems to be part of the issue.

bug#69081: 29.1; M-x throwing error with ConTeXt mode

[Philip Kaludercic]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:10:13 -0500
>> From: Allen Juntao Fang <shofly12@gmail.com>
>> 
>> M-x on start up triggers the "Symbol's chain of function indirections
>> contains a loop: ConTeXt mode". When I load my init.el from emacs-q, the
>> error does not occur. This appeared after updating auctex recently,
>> although I'm not sure where the error could come from given that it does
>> not appear in emacs -q
>
> Thank you for your report.
>
> Since the problem doesn't happen in "emacs -q", we ask you to provide
> a recipe, starting from "emacs -q" and loading the minimum set of
> optional features, which we could use to reproduce the problem and
> investigate it.  In particular, it sounds like you are using something
> called "ConTeXt mode", which AFAIK is not part of Emacs -- the recipe
> we ask you to post should include whatever is needed to activate that
> mode, which seems to be part of the issue.

Allen mentioned "auctex", which is where the mode is defined.  As such,
it might be more appropriate to report the bug to bug-auctex@gnu.org.

bug#69081: 29.1; M-x throwing error with ConTeXt mode

[allen fang]

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I will bring it up with auctex! Thanks.

Le lun. 12 févr. 2024, 18:42, Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> a
écrit :

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:10:13 -0500
> >> From: Allen Juntao Fang <shofly12@gmail.com>
> >>
> >> M-x on start up triggers the "Symbol's chain of function indirections
> >> contains a loop: ConTeXt mode". When I load my init.el from emacs-q, the
> >> error does not occur. This appeared after updating auctex recently,
> >> although I'm not sure where the error could come from given that it does
> >> not appear in emacs -q
> >
> > Thank you for your report.
> >
> > Since the problem doesn't happen in "emacs -q", we ask you to provide
> > a recipe, starting from "emacs -q" and loading the minimum set of
> > optional features, which we could use to reproduce the problem and
> > investigate it.  In particular, it sounds like you are using something
> > called "ConTeXt mode", which AFAIK is not part of Emacs -- the recipe
> > we ask you to post should include whatever is needed to activate that
> > mode, which seems to be part of the issue.
>
> Allen mentioned "auctex", which is where the mode is defined.  As such,
> it might be more appropriate to report the bug to bug-auctex@gnu.org.
>

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bug#69081: 29.1; M-x throwing error with ConTeXt mode

[Arash Esbati]

Allen Juntao Fang <shofly12@gmail.com> writes:

> M-x on start up triggers the "Symbol's chain of function indirections
> contains a loop: ConTeXt mode". When I load my init.el from emacs-q, the
> error does not occur. This appeared after updating auctex recently,
> although I'm not sure where the error could come from given that it does
> not appear in emacs -q

This is a known AUCTeX issue.  You have to install the latest AUCTeX by
uninstalling the last installation first.  In short:

  • Uninstall AUCTeX 13.x and/or 14.x via package interface
  • Close Emacs and open a new session
  • Install AUCTeX 14.0.2 via package inferface

And you should be back in normal state.

Best, Arash

bug#69081: 29.1; M-x throwing error with ConTeXt mode

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: 69081@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:12:07 +0100
> 
> Allen Juntao Fang <shofly12@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > M-x on start up triggers the "Symbol's chain of function indirections
> > contains a loop: ConTeXt mode". When I load my init.el from emacs-q, the
> > error does not occur. This appeared after updating auctex recently,
> > although I'm not sure where the error could come from given that it does
> > not appear in emacs -q
> 
> This is a known AUCTeX issue.  You have to install the latest AUCTeX by
> uninstalling the last installation first.  In short:
> 
>   • Uninstall AUCTeX 13.x and/or 14.x via package interface
>   • Close Emacs and open a new session
>   • Install AUCTeX 14.0.2 via package inferface
> 
> And you should be back in normal state.

Is this specific to AUCTeX 13 upgrading to 14, or is this a general
rule with any upgrade of AUCTeX?

bug#69081: 29.1; M-x throwing error with ConTeXt mode

[Arash Esbati]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> Is this specific to AUCTeX 13 upgrading to 14, or is this a general
> rule with any upgrade of AUCTeX?

The former.  There were some changes to the internals of AUCTeX in order
to sort out the mode names -- AUCTeX now provides `LaTeX-mode' and
doesn't touch `latex-mode' anymore (this applies also to the other
provided modes).

So the update process is somewhat cumbersome for this specific release,
but we think it is worth it.  This is the full announcement in case you
want to have a look[1].

Best, Arash

Footnotes:
[1]  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/auctex-devel/2024-01/msg00002.html

bug#69081: 29.1; M-x throwing error with ConTeXt mode

[Arash Esbati]

Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Is this specific to AUCTeX 13 upgrading to 14, or is this a general
>> rule with any upgrade of AUCTeX?
>
> The former.  There were some changes to the internals of AUCTeX in order
> to sort out the mode names -- AUCTeX now provides `LaTeX-mode' and
> doesn't touch `latex-mode' anymore (this applies also to the other
> provided modes).
>
> So the update process is somewhat cumbersome for this specific release,
> but we think it is worth it.  This is the full announcement in case you
> want to have a look[1].

No response after almost 4 weeks, therefore I'm closing this report.  We
can re-open if the issue is still around.

Best, Arash