Re: Red text in Emacs 23

Re: Red text in Emacs 23

[Lennart Borgman]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:39 AM,  <antonjhohl@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm running Emacs 23.0.60.1 under EmacsW32 for Windows XP. On a lot of
> buffers, the font face turns to red part-way through the buffer. This
> can typically be cleared by hitting "page up" or "page down",
> restoring the normal font colours.
>
> Is this a feature, or is it likely to be a bug? If the former, how do
> I disable it? If the latter, do you know if this is an Emacs issue or
> should I report it to the EmacsW32 people?


Sounds like a problem with nXhtml (which comes with EmacsW32). Can you
please send an example file?

Re: Red text in Emacs 23

[antonjhohl]

On Feb 23, 11:16 am, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borg...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:39 AM,  <antonjh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm running Emacs 23.0.60.1 under EmacsW32 for Windows XP. On a lot of
> > buffers, the font face turns to red part-way through the buffer. This
> > can typically be cleared by hitting "page up" or "page down",
> > restoring the normal font colours.
>
> > Is this a feature, or is it likely to be a bug? If the former, how do
> > I disable it? If the latter, do you know if this is an Emacs issue or
> > should I report it to the EmacsW32 people?
>
> Sounds like a problem with nXhtml (which comes with EmacsW32). Can you
> please send an example file?

Thanks for the response. I'm not sure it has anything to do with
nXhtml (tried using nXhtml just now, without any problems). It seems
to affect other modes. For example, if I run "M-x about-emacs" then
the "*About GNU Emacs*" buffer is affected by this. In this case, the
text turns red from "E564" (in "LENNART-69DE564") onwards.

It also affects more unusual, non-standard modes such as twitter.el
and tagged.el, which is what made me wonder if this is due to some
feature to highlight coding that is incompatible with Emacs 23 or
something.

John

Re: Red text in Emacs 23

[Lennart Borgman]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:50 PM,  <antonjhohl@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 23, 11:16 am, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:39 AM,  <antonjh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I'm running Emacs 23.0.60.1 under EmacsW32 for Windows XP. On a lot of
>> > buffers, the font face turns to red part-way through the buffer. This
>> > can typically be cleared by hitting "page up" or "page down",
>> > restoring the normal font colours.
>>
>> > Is this a feature, or is it likely to be a bug? If the former, how do
>> > I disable it? If the latter, do you know if this is an Emacs issue or
>> > should I report it to the EmacsW32 people?
>>
>> Sounds like a problem with nXhtml (which comes with EmacsW32). Can you
>> please send an example file?
>
> Thanks for the response. I'm not sure it has anything to do with
> nXhtml (tried using nXhtml just now, without any problems). It seems
> to affect other modes. For example, if I run "M-x about-emacs" then
> the "*About GNU Emacs*" buffer is affected by this. In this case, the
> text turns red from "E564" (in "LENNART-69DE564") onwards.
>
> It also affects more unusual, non-standard modes such as twitter.el
> and tagged.el, which is what made me wonder if this is due to some
> feature to highlight coding that is incompatible with Emacs 23 or
> something.

Does it happen without your init files, ie if you start with

   emacs -Q

Re: Red text in Emacs 23

[John Halton]

On Feb 25, 6:44 am, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:50 PM,  <antonjh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Feb 23, 11:16 am, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borg...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:39 AM,  <antonjh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I'm running Emacs 23.0.60.1 under EmacsW32 for Windows XP. On a lot of
> >> > buffers, the font face turns to red part-way through the buffer. This
> >> > can typically be cleared by hitting "page up" or "page down",
> >> > restoring the normal font colours.
>
> >> > Is this a feature, or is it likely to be a bug? If the former, how do
> >> > I disable it? If the latter, do you know if this is an Emacs issue or
> >> > should I report it to the EmacsW32 people?
>
> >> Sounds like a problem with nXhtml (which comes with EmacsW32). Can you
> >> please send an example file?
>
> > Thanks for the response. I'm not sure it has anything to do with
> > nXhtml (tried using nXhtml just now, without any problems). It seems
> > to affect other modes. For example, if I run "M-x about-emacs" then
> > the "*About GNU Emacs*" buffer is affected by this. In this case, the
> > text turns red from "E564" (in "LENNART-69DE564") onwards.
>
> > It also affects more unusual, non-standard modes such as twitter.el
> > and tagged.el, which is what made me wonder if this is due to some
> > feature to highlight coding that is incompatible with Emacs 23 or
> > something.
>
> Does it happen without your init files, ie if you start with
>
>    emacs -Q

Ah! No, it doesn't. Will have a ferret around in my init files and see
if there might be anything there. Do any general suggestions come to
mind? My init.el files are a bit complicated to post here, though I
can if necessary.

Re: Red text in Emacs 23

[John Halton]

On Feb 27, 9:44 am, John  Halton <johnhal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 25, 6:44 am, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:50 PM,  <antonjh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Feb 23, 11:16 am, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borg...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:39 AM,  <antonjh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > I'm running Emacs 23.0.60.1 under EmacsW32 for Windows XP. On a lot of
> > >> > buffers, the font face turns to red part-way through the buffer. This
> > >> > can typically be cleared by hitting "page up" or "page down",
> > >> > restoring the normal font colours.
>
> > >> > Is this a feature, or is it likely to be a bug? If the former, how do
> > >> > I disable it? If the latter, do you know if this is an Emacs issue or
> > >> > should I report it to the EmacsW32 people?
>
> > >> Sounds like a problem with nXhtml (which comes with EmacsW32). Can you
> > >> please send an example file?
>
> > > Thanks for the response. I'm not sure it has anything to do with
> > > nXhtml (tried using nXhtml just now, without any problems). It seems
> > > to affect other modes. For example, if I run "M-x about-emacs" then
> > > the "*About GNU Emacs*" buffer is affected by this. In this case, the
> > > text turns red from "E564" (in "LENNART-69DE564") onwards.
>
> > > It also affects more unusual, non-standard modes such as twitter.el
> > > and tagged.el, which is what made me wonder if this is due to some
> > > feature to highlight coding that is incompatible with Emacs 23 or
> > > something.
>
> > Does it happen without your init files, ie if you start with
>
> >    emacs -Q
>
> Ah! No, it doesn't. Will have a ferret around in my init files and see
> if there might be anything there. Do any general suggestions come to
> mind? My init.el files are a bit complicated to post here, though I
> can if necessary.

Disregard previous message. Have tracked down the problem - was a
fonts issue. Have disabled the relevant line in my init.el until I
have time/inclination to work out what the problem is.

This thread can now be treated as closed - thanks for your help. (And
thanks also for EmacsW32 generally - I couldn't be without it, esp. on
my work PC.)

John

Re: Red text in Emacs 23

[antonjhohl]

On Feb 27, 9:53 am, John  Halton <johnhal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 27, 9:44 am, John  Halton <johnhal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 25, 6:44 am, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:50 PM,  <antonjh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Feb 23, 11:16 am, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borg...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:39 AM,  <antonjh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> > I'm running Emacs 23.0.60.1 under EmacsW32 for Windows XP. On a lot of
> > > >> > buffers, the font face turns toredpart-way through the buffer. This
> > > >> > can typically be cleared by hitting "page up" or "page down",
> > > >> > restoring the normal font colours.
>
> > > >> > Is this a feature, or is it likely to be a bug? If the former, how do
> > > >> > I disable it? If the latter, do you know if this is an Emacs issue or
> > > >> > should I report it to the EmacsW32 people?
>
> > > >> Sounds like a problem with nXhtml (which comes with EmacsW32). Can you
> > > >> please send an example file?
>
> > > > Thanks for the response. I'm not sure it has anything to do with
> > > > nXhtml (tried using nXhtml just now, without any problems). It seems
> > > > to affect other modes. For example, if I run "M-x about-emacs" then
> > > > the "*About GNU Emacs*" buffer is affected by this. In this case, the
> > > >textturnsredfrom "E564" (in "LENNART-69DE564") onwards.
>
> > > > It also affects more unusual, non-standard modes such as twitter.el
> > > > and tagged.el, which is what made me wonder if this is due to some
> > > > feature to highlight coding that is incompatible with Emacs 23 or
> > > > something.
>
> > > Does it happen without your init files, ie if you start with
>
> > >    emacs -Q
>
> > Ah! No, it doesn't. Will have a ferret around in my init files and see
> > if there might be anything there. Do any general suggestions come to
> > mind? My init.el files are a bit complicated to post here, though I
> > can if necessary.
>
> Disregard previous message. Have tracked down the problem - was a
> fonts issue. Have disabled the relevant line in my init.el until I
> have time/inclination to work out what the problem is.
>
> This thread can now be treated as closed - thanks for your help. (And
> thanks also for EmacsW32 generally - I couldn't be without it, esp. on
> my work PC.)
>
> John

Oops. Just noticed I posted from my main email account rather than my
account for Usenet purposes. So much for keeping my main email address
off Usenet!

Following my previous message, the red text did in fact come back. I
then disabled nxhtml in my init.el and there has been no reoccurrence.
So it looks like it was probably nxhtml related. If you need any
further information then please let me know, but in the meantime I
just wanted to make sure you had accurate information.