Subject: bug#12196: 24.1.50; setting cache-long-line-scans to non-nil freezes Emacs

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:50:22 +0300

> From: Christopher Schmidt <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:53:49 +0100 (BST)
> 
> Setting cache-long-line-scans to t in various buffer that are meant to
> be displayed in a window, such as *Info*, *Help* etc., works just fine.
> Setting the default value of cache-long-line-scans to t in my init.el
> makes Emacs freeze whenever I try to view a remote post in Gnus.

Does it only freeze in Gnus for you, then?

> Do you want me to investigate?

Yes, please.  Please follow the advice in etc/DEBUG to find out where
and why is Emacs looping.

Thanks.