Re: Emacs freezes every now and then on my windows 7 pc

[jane . harvill]

I have the same problem.  I've made changes to my .emacs file as suggested on a 
number of discussion panels, and it does not help.  I can not interrupt it 
using C-g.  I'm convinced there's a bug with gnu emacs on Windows.  Hopefully 
the people who distribute it (freely) will figure it out.  In the meantime, I'm 
stuck with some other awful editor.

On Sunday, June 24, 2012 9:22:20 AM UTC-5, Drew Adams wrote:
> > I find that my emacs freezes very often - just gets busy
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> > for a few seconds - then I get the control back. Is there
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> > a way to debug this situation?
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> Can you interrupt it using `C-g'?  If so, try this:
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>  M-x set-variable RET debug-on-quit RET t RET
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> Then hit `C-g' when it freezes and see what is happening in the debugger (e.g.
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> see what function was executing).  If you think you've found a bug, use `M-x
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> report-emacs-bug', providing your recipe.
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> You might also try bifurcating (recursively) your init file and libraries it
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> loads, i.e., do not load/invoke some of the code you normally do, to see which
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> code might be causing the problem.