GNU bug report logs - #45898
27.1; wedged in redisplay again

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2018 <at> jovi.net>

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:14:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1

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Message #65 received at 45898 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Emacs-hacker2018 <at> jovi.net, 45898 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45898: 27.1; wedged in redisplay again
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 12:23:03 +0200
Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I prefer a solution whereby Emacs discovers the problem automatically,
> leaving C-g for "other circumstances".  After all, how hard can it be
> to figure out that some buffer or window takes too long to redisplay?

Yes, if that's feasible, it would definitely be preferable. 

>> Finding a safe way to interrupt redisplay is the problem, though.
>
> I have an idea and will work on it soon.

Great!

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