X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1/KEjRQi/UOjqVEm54djpJR Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:14:49 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: GNU Emacs 23.3.1 problem with 20111213 snapshot Message-ID: <20111215181449.GB17021@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4EEA0C03 DOT 7090904 AT cornell DOT edu> <4EEA3806 DOT 1070605 AT cornell DOT edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4EEA3806.1070605@cornell.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 01:10:14PM -0500, Ken Brown wrote: >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. I agree. Since one of the intents of the 1214 snapshot was to deal with the "bad address" problems that people were reporting, I'd say that this was just another manifestation of that. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple