From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Guido Van Hoecke Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Eshell - `Text is read-only` Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:40:34 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388353263 11095 80.91.229.3 (29 Dec 2013 21:41:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 21:41:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: deech Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 29 22:41:08 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VxO6c-0007d6-Md for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:41:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56338 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxO6c-0006CA-6S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:41:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59790) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxO6J-0006By-Ls for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:40:56 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxO6B-0001mI-76 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:40:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ee0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c00::22a]:36750) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxO6A-0001ly-W5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:40:39 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ee0-f42.google.com with SMTP id e53so4876051eek.1 for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:40:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=YhN3GzglDtBAnVG/XHVWaneOS0ZiK50LyvkcKs5fLB0=; b=tiWfRv5VpwzzQG8jpu/134E0wjM1iNockDQEW2TVXAZRgf/QXGvaHzzYP9OC0RIP69 c7RI8VIiTohw4bMdC9s/3+5qe5xyGEZSk3YF5iD9sHy8ZgeM5O24ApfWqvaGykR9BVsV aD0+eejEVhYSdfFYlEi+S7UJepbv0MFlPTD0An1jXMQC7QDxa/68L1D+/Q/ANNTbcWQ/ 8wFV+6bf19QdO+yFaz/P+4NQOLuDuYiOmNhUOURfyo27g9xmIR0WsSwGP/lst9Ld/3ek AmXrwmEgM9kGsx4g+84Pgf1+XayQiIKOp9vyn6kjKQqZmX5lB1sFx1WxMS+2AOhjm9IZ BoZQ== X-Received: by 10.15.42.76 with SMTP id t52mr101593eev.113.1388353237778; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:40:37 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from zac-3.local.vanhoecke.org (78-20-180-173.access.telenet.be. [78.20.180.173]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id v7sm102968091eel.2.2013.12.29.13.40.36 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:40:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (deech's message of "Sun, 29 Dec 2013 10:47:55 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (darwin) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4013:c00::22a X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:95183 Archived-At: deech writes: > Hi all, I've run into the dreaded `Text is read-only` bug which stops > eshell from closing and Emacs from exiting. I got this in a previous > version of Emacs and fixed it with the following snippet: > (setq eshell-prompt-function > (lambda () > (concat (eshell/pwd) "\n$")) > eshell-prompt-regexp (concat "^" (regexp-quote "$"))) I just hit the problem today. I'd say it occurs once a month at the most. My prompt is a two line version. It looks like this: 2013-12-29 22:28 ~/src/gvhperls $ I don't think it is due to the prompt. FWIW, here's my eshell-prompt-function, which I shamelesly based on snippets collected on the net: (setq eshell-prompt-function (lambda () (let ((prompt (eshell/pwd)) (now (format-time-string "\n%Y-%m-%d %H:%M " (current-time))) (home-dir (expand-file-name "~"))) ;; get rid of the nasty backslashes (while (string-match "\\\\" home-dir) (setq home-dir (replace-match "/" nil t home-dir))) ;; match home-dir at the begining of the line ;; be careful not to match `/users/foo.old' if $HOME is `/users/foo' (if (string-match (concat "^\\(" home-dir "\\)\\(/.*\\)?$") prompt) (setq prompt (replace-match (if (and (match-string 2)) "~\\2" "~") nil nil prompt 0))) ;; return the prompt ;; -tack on $ or # depending on user id (concat now prompt (if (= (user-uid) 0) "\n# " "\n$ "))))) Although it does not happen frequently, I sure would like to get it solved. There's only one solution afaik, and that's just killing emacs, as in `kill -9 emacs_pid`. This is drastic, but the only way I know to get rid of the buffer :( Any suggestion and/or help would be really appreciated! TIA, and a happy and healthy new-year to you all :) Guido -- The world needs more people like us and fewer like them.