GNU bug report logs - #31371
26.1; [macOS] Menu-bar stops working after search

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nick Helm <nick <at> tenpoint.co.nz>

Date: Sat, 5 May 2018 14:17:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 26.1

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 31371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
To: Nick Helm <nick <at> tenpoint.co.nz>
Cc: 31371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31371: 26.1; Menu-bar stops working after search
Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 11:14:11 +0100

On Sun, May 06, 2018 at 02:15:57AM +1200, Nick Helm wrote:
> 
> Emacs menu-bar does not work after a help search on macOS.
> 
>   Emacs -Q
>   Click "Help" in the macOS menu-bar
>   Enter any text in the help search field, e.g. "text"
>   Move the mouse pointer to the right until the help menu disappears
>   Move the mouse pointer back over "Help"
> 
> Note that the Help menu does not reappear and the mouse does not move
> correctly (slows down) while moving over the word "Help". Subsequent
> clicks on the menu-bar do not work as expected either. 

Looks like it goes into some sort of infinite loop calling
ns_update_menubar. If you go to the left so it opens some non‐help
menu, then go back to help it works fine (I think).

The menu code seems pretty horrible to me, so this may take some
time...
-- 
Alan Third
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