GNU bug report logs - #16786
24.2; PostScript file with long lines locks up UI

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Gustafsson <gson <at> gson.org>

Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:30:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in versions 23.1, 24.2, 24.2.93, 24.3

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Gustafsson <gson <at> gson.org>
Cc: 16786 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16786: 24.2; PostScript file with long lines locks up UI
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:55:42 -0500

Andreas Gustafsson wrote:

> I have a PostScript source file containing some embedded font data
> in the form of a single line about 100,000 characters long.

I'm afraid this is a known problem. Emacs does not do well with long
lines, and absolutely not with lines that long.

See http://debbugs.gnu.org/3219 and related reports.
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 339 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.