Thanks, I can reproduce the bug. Here's a simpler recipe: emacs -Q test.py --eval '(insert " \"")' In other words, a mis-indented string on the first line is enough to reproduce the bug. It seems to be an infinite loop in fontification: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (quit) python-info-beginning-of-statement-p() python-nav--forward-sexp(-1 nil nil) python-nav-forward-sexp(-1 nil nil) python-nav-backward-sexp() python-info-docstring-p((0 nil nil t nil nil 0 nil 5 nil nil)) python-font-lock-syntactic-face-function((0 nil nil t nil nil 0 nil 5 nil nil)) font-lock-fontify-syntactically-region(1 9 nil) font-lock-default-fontify-region(1 9 nil) font-lock-fontify-region(1 9) #[257 "\211\300\301\"\211\242\306=\203 Clément. On 2016-11-01 22:39, raynewang (王磊) wrote: > Please look at the following python snippet: > > class Test(object): > def func(self): > """ > This is a test. > """ > > I was trying to kill lines (C-k) from line 1. Emacs stucked everytime > after I killed line 2 and was going to kill line 3 (just before the > docstring delimiters). Most time C-g would not work or just brought > Emacs back for no more than 1 sec only. When it occurred, the only thing > I could do was to kill Emacs process. > > I tried to disable all of my Emacs configurations, nothing changed. > > May it be a problem of built-in python-mode? > > Wish you guys could help me. I love your works! > > Sincerely > > Lei > > ====================================================================== > > > In GNU Emacs 25.1.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0, NS appkit-1404.47 Version 10.11.6 (Build 15G31)) > of 2016-09-20 built on raynewang-rmbp.local > Repository revision: 83fbb3a6dd75e01a768cb6b3348b7c947711ee46 > Windowing system distributor 'Apple', version 10.3.1504 > Recent messages: > For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. > is undefined [2 times] > funcall-interactively: Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p, nil > > Configured using: > 'configure --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-silent-rules > --enable-locallisppath=/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp > --infodir=/usr/local/Cellar/emacs/HEAD-83fbb3a/share/info/emacs > --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/emacs/HEAD-83fbb3a --without-x --with-xml2 > --without-dbus --without-gnutls --with-rsvg --with-ns > --disable-ns-self-contained' > > Configured features: > JPEG RSVG NOTIFY ACL LIBXML2 ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS NS > > Important settings: > value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 > locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix > > Major mode: Fundamental > > Minor modes in effect: > tooltip-mode: t > global-eldoc-mode: t > electric-indent-mode: t > mouse-wheel-mode: t > tool-bar-mode: t > menu-bar-mode: t > file-name-shadow-mode: t > global-font-lock-mode: t > blink-cursor-mode: t > auto-composition-mode: t > auto-encryption-mode: t > auto-compression-mode: t > buffer-read-only: t > line-number-mode: t > transient-mark-mode: t > > Load-path shadows: > None found. > > Features: > (shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug message subr-x puny seq byte-opt gv > bytecomp byte-compile cl-extra help-mode cconv cl-loaddefs pcase cl-lib > dired dired-loaddefs format-spec rfc822 mml easymenu mml-sec > password-cache epa derived epg epg-config gnus-util rmail rmail-loaddefs > mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils > mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr > mail-utils time-date mule-util tooltip eldoc electric uniquify > ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel term/ns-win ns-win > ucs-normalize term/common-win tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt > fringe tabulated-list newcomment elisp-mode lisp-mode prog-mode register > page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock > font-lock syntax facemenu font-core term/tty-colors frame cl-generic > cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao > korean japanese eucjp-ms cp51932 hebrew greek romanian slovak czech > european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese charscript case-table epa-hook > jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev obarray minibuffer cl-preloaded nadvice > loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay > sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget > hashtable-print-readable backquote kqueue cocoa ns multi-tty > make-network-process emacs) > > Memory information: > ((conses 16 206717 18560) > (symbols 48 20249 0) > (miscs 40 75 177) > (strings 32 18166 5363) > (string-bytes 1 584409) > (vectors 16 35204) > (vector-slots 8 670777 6763) > (floats 8 179 123) > (intervals 56 206 0) > (buffers 976 12)) > > > >