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Subject: Re: Emacs takes 100% CPU
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Nicolas Saunier wrote:
>> Nicolas Saunier <saunier AT interchange DOT ubc DOT ca> writes:
>>
>>> I am using emacs under cygwin on Windows XP home and pro. After some
>>> time (from a few seconds / minutes to hours and days), on the two
>>> machines, emacs starts taking 100% of the CPU, and becomes
>>> non-responsive (I have to kill it with the task manager). I thought
>>> this might be a problem of my first old installation on the XP home
>>> machine, but I have just encountered the same problem on the brand new
>>> XP pro machine.
>>>
>>> See the attached cygcheck.out (XP home machine). Do you need any other
>>> information ?
>>
>> It is some buggy package you are using and need to upgrade.  I always
>> forget its name.  Semantic?
> 
> Thanks for your answer. I don't think I have such a package (in emacs 
> you mean ?). How can I list the packages in use in emacs ? Here is my 
> .emacs attached.


I believe the reference was to other dodgy apps that interfere with proper
operation.  A sampling can be found here:

<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-talk/2007-q1/msg00234.html>

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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