Re: emacs locks up after $('

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Dave Cohen <google@dave-cohen.com>
> Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 16:18:13 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> I'm editing a file in "JavaScript Moz" mode, and I type, in the middle
> of a long file of javascript code:
> $('
> 
> followed by some characters (depending on how quickly I type them).
> Then emacs stops accepting input, and hogs all the system CPU.  Until
> I have to kill the process, losing whatever I was in the middle of.

If you type C-g when this happens, does it help to unlock Emacs,
so you don't lose your edits?

If C-g does unlock Emacs, try typing (' again, after setting
debug-on-quit to t.  Then, when you type C-g, Emacs should present a
backtrace, which might help to find the code that hangs.

Anyway, what version of Emacs is that, and what .el file do you use
for the "JavaScript Moz" mode?