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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Message #27 received at 14553 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org>
Cc: 14553 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14553: 24.3.50; C-g doesn't break inf-loop
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 17:44:01 +0200

Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org> writes:

> 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.

That was six years ago.  Are you still seeing this on a modern version
of Emacs?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
This bug report was last modified 1 year and 135 days ago.

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