GNU bug report logs - #38802
24.5; emacs unusable, unpredictably, with "k is undefined" for every key

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From: Samuel Wales <samologist <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 38802 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38802: new data
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 19:19:27 -0700

hi lars,

yes, that seems to be the case here.

type-break fixing itself like this is very rare.  usually nothing
works at the time.  always the impudent message.

^g fails along with ALL keys that i am aware of.  technically i would
not call it a hang of emacs.  however, emacs is completely
inaccessible.  [except perhaps for its sigusr1/sigusr2 stuff?  i have
no evidence of that and brain cannot put together code that i know
will be useful.  and possibly except for some very long timeout that
could hypothetically get type-break to fix itself after your
deadline.]


On 8/17/22, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:
> Samuel Wales <samologist <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> sequence:
>>
>>   - i ran a command in shell mode
>>   - that command issued a password prompt
>>   - that prompt was recognized by comint-password-prompt-regexp
>>     - it appeared in minibuffer
>>
>> i surmise that type-break did something around that time due to its
>> keystroke or time count, causing bug.  to continue:
>>
>>   - i flailed around not wanting to lose data or state
>>   - keypresses not recognized
>>   - this is the usual bug state
>>   - message buffer shows all this for you
>
> Ah, thanks -- so you were entering a password, and the type-break.el
> stuff triggered, and that made Emacs hang?  `C-g' or anything didn't
> work?
>
>
>


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