GNU bug report logs - #30182
27.0.50; Crash when doing mouse-over on modeline

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sujith <m.sujith <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 06:27:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: m.sujith <at> gmail.com, 30182 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: bug#30182: Update
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2018 11:01:22 +0100

>> In either case, an average Lisp programmer will be completely lost
>> when trying to understand process_pending_signals and gobble_input and
>> their possible implications.  But maybe it is undocumentable.
>
> Why would a Lisp programmer need to understand that?  It's a C-level
> problem, and should be fixed on the C level.

I meant Lisp programmers occasionally delving into C code to
understand what's going on with their code.  They probably should know
about quitting and how to inhibit it but will have no idea how input
is blocked and what consequences that has for them.

martin
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