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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 01:57:23 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: emacs lockup w/ TERM = linux
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On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 03:25:11PM -0800, Bill Priest wrote:
>--- David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:
>>On Friday 15 Nov 02, Bill Priest writes:
>>>if TERM = linux inside rxvt (windows version) then emacs hangs while
>>>loading the lisp files; status line freezes on "Loading
>>>international/mule-cmds..."
>
>This happens on win2k

This appears to be a rxvt bug.  I see a hang with cygwin 1.3.12, too.  I
have just sent a patch for rxvt to the list.

The basic problem was that something in the linux terminfo database
caused rxvt to get into an infinite loop.

cgf
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