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24.0.91; max-specpdl-size error

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: nyc4bos <at> aol.com
Cc: 10034 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10034: 24.0.91; max-specpdl-size error
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:54:24 +0100

> C-g worked. However, other things that I did resulted in
> "Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size" messages.

In a situation like this does it help to do either

  C-x 5 2 to make a new frame and delete the old one, or

  C-x 1 to display only one window?

If either of this makes the messages disappear, the bug could be in the
window handling code.

> The specific error message that I listed above:
>
>   window-min-size-1: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size
>
> occurred when I tried to `C-SPC C-h M-w' the *Message* buffer.

What is this key sequence supposed to do?

> When I was geting different "max-specpdl-size" errors with almost
> everything I subsequently did, I started up a new Emacs instance in
> order to file a bug report.
>
> I then tried to copy the *Message* buffer from the original Emacs
> instance that was having this problem into the new Emacs instance in
> order to provide information for the bug report.
>
> I could `C-x b' (switch-to-buffer) to the *Message* buffer and a few
> other things but most things resulted in different "max-specpdl-size"
> warning messages.

How many windows were on this Emacs frame at that time?

> (BTW, I noticed that after sending a bug report and successfully
> sending with `C-c C-c', the Bug Report Help buffer created when
> invoking `(report-emacs-bug)' at least from the menu-bar, remains
> visible as another (split) window.  Is that intentional?)

I don't know.  Looking at the code of `report-emacs-bug' I don't see a
call to remove a window but maybe I'm missing something.

martin

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