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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to debug hang?
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:37:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <u1wo1ca6c.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87irhdcvt8.fsf@pereiro.luannocracy.com> (message from David Abrahams on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:50:27 -0500)

> From: David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>
> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:50:27 -0500
> 
> I'm trying to debug some kind of a hang that occurs when I try to use
> a font-lock mode I'm developing.  I can't get control back by hitting
> `C-g'.  I suspected it was a bad (combinatoric) regexp, but I added
> advice before and after re-search-forward that emitted enter/exit
> messages, and when the hang occurs I am seeing an exit message, so I'm
> guessing that's not it.  I'm quite stumped now; hoping someone can
> offer a clue.

The file etc/DEBUG in the Emacs distribution has a suggestion for this
case; search for "If Emacs hangs".

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-11-18 10:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-11-18  2:50 How to debug hang? David Abrahams
2006-11-18  4:13 ` Perry Smith
2006-11-18 18:23   ` David Abrahams
     [not found] ` <mailman.776.1163823268.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-11-18  6:37   ` Tim X
2006-11-18  8:58 ` martin rudalics
2006-11-18  9:04   ` Ralf Angeli
     [not found]   ` <mailman.781.1163841008.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-11-19 19:32     ` Stefan Monnier
2006-11-18 10:37 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2006-11-21 20:11   ` David Abrahams

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