From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: HELP! breaking an infinite loop in M-| Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 15:48:04 GMT Organization: Level(3) Communications, Woburn, MA Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068225315 15176 80.91.224.253 (7 Nov 2003 17:15:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 17:15:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 07 18:15:13 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AIACW-0005xD-00 for ; Fri, 07 Nov 2003 18:15:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AIAyi-0003sA-Qn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2003 13:05:00 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.level3.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: never X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) Originator: barmar@genuity.net (Barry Margolin) Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 171.78.176.30 Original-X-Trace: news.level3.com 1068220084 171.78.176.30 (Fri, 07 Nov 2003 15:48:04 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 15:48:04 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117965 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13903 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13903 In article , Dan Anderson wrote: >I sent some perl code to M-| that, unfortunately, seems to be in an >infinite loop. Emacs isn't responding. How can I get it to break the >loop? Control-g is almost always the way to abort or interrupt things in Emacs. When you're running a shell command, the first time you press it it will say "Waiting for process to die...(type C-g again to kill it instantly)". Press it again and you should be back. -- Barry Margolin, barry.margolin@level3.com Level(3), Woburn, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups. Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.