[ESS-bugs] Very long lines: Emacs "hang"

[Martin Maechler]

Thank you, both, Vitalie and Rodney, for the info!
Martin

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Rodney Sparapani <rsparapa at mcw.edu> wrote:
> On 09/28/2013 06:56 PM, Vitalie Spinu wrote:
>>
>> This is not an ESS' fault but rather an emacs' one. It's a well known
>> issue with emacs display of wide output. We cannot do much about it.
>>
>> Note that it is about "display" not about filling in the buffer. You
>> should hide *R* buffer (if you can) in order to un-hang.
>>
>>     Vitalie
>
>
> I googled it.  There is a known emacs bug for which, presently,
> there is no fix...
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=13675
>
> Much of the discussion revolves around bidi, but that is
> just one of many ways that this bug is triggered.  So,
> it's not an ESS bug, but I suspect that the fix is in the
> pipeline.
>
> --
> Rodney Sparapani, PhD
> Manager of Statistical & Computational Operations
> Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research (PCOR)
> Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Milwaukee, USA
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneysparapani
>