From: dhruva <dhruvakm@gmail.com>
To: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs (HEAD) crash on M$ (XP) built with MinGW
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:26:02 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e3f230850810250956y55288ef7s98444a8656010dc4@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e3f230850810250951i4f3ad5b5y82c4abeec0e1a4be@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 10:21 PM, dhruva <dhruvakm@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>>> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:25:38 +0530
>>> From: dhruva <dhruvakm@gmail.com>
>>> Cc: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>>>
>>> > FWIW, I cannot reproduce it either.
>>> >
>>> >> If the fix is safe (defensive), IMHO we could get that in as I
>>> >> continue to debug by adding some extra code in the 'if' block.
>>> >
>>> > IMO is best to let it stand, or even add an assertion; the best way to
>>> > catch it is by having it happen.
>>
>> I completely agree with Juanma: your ``defensive'' fix will simply
>> sweep the problem under the carpet, and it won't get fixed for a long
>> time, considering that no one can currently reproduce it except
>> yourself.
>>
>>> Could we just log the required extra information for further debugging
>>> when that happens? Allowing it to crash is a serious inconvenience
>>> (especially for me since I use the code from HEAD for my regular
>>> work)
>>
>> Then please help us debug and fix this ASAP. TIA
>
> I am able to narrow down to the minimum configuration you need in your
> .emacs file to get this crash (following the steps I had mentioned
> earlier).
>
> I put the following lines in my .emacs, opened xdisp.c file and used
> the arrow button to move down the lines. Once the cursor reached the
> last visible line, the crash happens (before pulling the new lines
> into visible frame).
>
> This crash does not happen with a different font though (like courier)!
>
> (setq inhibit-splash-screen t)
> (setq *def-font
> "-*-Lucida Sans Typewriter-normal-*-*-mono-13-*-*-*-c-*-*-*")
> (if (boundp '*def-font)
> (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist `(font . ,*def-font)))
>
The crash does not happen with (increased the font size by 1 point):
(setq inhibit-splash-screen t)
(setq *def-font
"-*-Lucida Sans Typewriter-normal-*-*-mono-14-*-*-*-c-*-*-*")
(if (boundp '*def-font)
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist `(font . ,*def-font)))
-dhruva
--
Contents reflect my personal views only!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-25 16:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-20 12:38 Emacs (HEAD) crash on M$ (XP) built with MinGW dhruva
2008-10-20 14:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-10-21 3:42 ` dhruva
2008-10-21 5:40 ` dhruva
2008-10-21 5:58 ` dhruva
2008-10-21 6:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-10-21 6:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-10-21 7:11 ` dhruva
2008-10-21 7:41 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-10-21 7:55 ` dhruva
2008-10-21 8:03 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-10-21 8:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-10-25 16:51 ` dhruva
2008-10-25 16:56 ` dhruva [this message]
2008-10-27 4:30 ` dhruva
2008-10-27 20:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-10-28 4:00 ` dhruva
2008-10-28 8:20 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-10-28 18:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-10-29 2:28 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-10-29 6:39 ` Werner LEMBERG
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