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Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:10:14 -0500
From: Ken Brown <kbrown AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: GNU Emacs 23.3.1 problem with 20111213 snapshot
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On 12/15/2011 12:56 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Ken Brown wrote:
>
>> I just tried to reproduce your problem using the 20111214 snapshot, and I
>> couldn't.  My system is different, however (Windows 7).  In addition, I'm
>> running a pretest of emacs 24.1 rather than 23.3.  Could you see if you
>> still have the problem with the 20111214 snapshot (and with emacs started
>> with the `-Q' option)?  If so, I'll try to duplicate your situation.
>
> Thanks for testing, Ken.  I updated to the 1214 snapshot and the
> problem *seems* to be gone.  It may be worth backing down to the 1213
> snapshot to see if you can reproduce that problem, it may return if
> it's not understood.
>
>> Just to make sure we're talking about the same thing, here's what I did:  I
>> ran emacs under X, and it started in the *GNU Emacs* buffer.  I did a
>> reverse search for "emacs" and kept pressing control-r, so that the search
>> wrapped around and kept wrapping.  I probable pressed control-r 20 or 30
>> times.
>
> That's pretty much what I did.
>
>> By the way, does the problem occur only under X, or can you reproduce it
>> with emacs running in the Cygwin Terminal (mintty)?
>
> I did not try within mintty, though I guess I could,   I'd have to go
> back to the 1213 snapshot.

I don't think it's worth the trouble, unless the problem comes back.

Ken


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