[ESS-bugs] ess-mode 5.3.6; C-c C-p enters infinite-ish loop

[Tyler Smith]

On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 11:08:34PM -0400, Richard M. Heiberger wrote:
> Killing emacs shouldn't be necessary.  C-g should interrupt the freeze.
> Please confirm to this list whether C-g works here.

Yes, it does work. I had been trying C-c C-c, as in shell mode, which
doesn't work, but C-g 'unfreezes'. That's helpful in itself.

Thanks,

Tyler


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ess-core-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:ess-core-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Tyler Smith
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 10:19 PM
> To: ess-bugs at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [ESS-bugs] ess-mode 5.3.6; C-c C-p enters infinite-ish loop
> 
> 
> I have found that C-c C-p (comint-previous-prompt) fails when the
> previous prompt is a long way away. Typical behaviour is emacs
> freezing, with top reporting that Emacs is using 90-100% of the
> processor. This lasts for a seconds to minutes, and often requires
> killing the emacs process
> 

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