GNU bug report logs - #14553
[cygwin] C-g doesn't interrupt (while t)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org>

Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 07:07:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org>
To: 14553 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14553: 24.3.50; C-g doesn't break inf-loop
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:10:48 +0900

Hi,

Start Emacs with the -Q option.
Eval the form: (while t)

Then I get unable to break it.  So is Emacs 24.3.  This may happen
only on Cygwin, though.  It makes me hard to debug a code suspected
to have an infinite loop.

In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-cygwin, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2013-06-04 on localhost
Bzr revision: 112842 michael.albinus <at> gmx.de-20130603193806-1f2pilg1t709mqyg
Windowing system distributor `The Cygwin/X Project', version 11.0.11401000
Configured using:
 `configure --verbose --with-x-toolkit=lucid --without-imagemagick
 --without-dbus --without-gconf --without-gsettings'
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