Subject: bug#24301: 11.89.4; Crashes Emacs upon Invokation

From: Arash Esbati <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:24:22 +0100

Mosè Giordano <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi David,
>
> 2016-08-24 21:09 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup <[email-masked]>:
>> Edward Lewis <[email-masked]> writes:
>>
>>> Attempts to invoke ‘preview latex’ from menu, icon in Emacs, using
>>> keystrokes immediately crashes Emacs.
>>>
>>> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36)
>>> of 2013-03-13 on bob.porkrind.org
>>> Package: 11.89.4
>>>
>>> current state:
>>> ==============
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> preview-gs-command nil
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> Output from running `nil -h':
>>>
>>
>> That looks like a problem.  Any Ghostscript installed?
>
> Good point, but `preview-gs-command' set to nil doesn't make my Emacs
> crash.  If this is the only culprit of this problem we should prevent
> Emacs from crashing, but I can't reproduce the crash itself.  Edward,
> we need help from you in order to fix the problem.

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)

More information was requested, but not provided.  Therefore I'm closing
this report for now.  We can reopen if new input arrives.

Best, Arash