I meant: Where is man-show defined? I don't have it in Emacs 27. I am using the same Emacs version as you but under MacOS. On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 10:11 PM Robert Weiner wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 6:16 PM Jean Louis wrote: > >> I use: Editor: GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 3, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X >> toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) >> >> Hyperbole: 7.0.3a >> Sys Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu >> OS Type: gnu/linux >> Window Sys: x >> News Reader: Gnus v5.13 >> >> Making completion list... >> > > Not sure where that is coming from above. > >> <(Read)> executes (man-show "grep") > > > Invoking man grep in the background >> if: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-sizeUnable to load color >> "unspecified-bg" >> Unable to load color "unspecified-fg" >> car: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size >> next-line: End of buffer >> >> Seems like you have loaded something outside of Hyperbole that has caused > an infinite loop, maybe improperly overloading a standard man function. > > Try starting with no initializations and then loading Hyperbole manually. > > Bob >