Subject: bug#6059: closed (Re: bug#6059: auctex, emacs23 crashes in latex mode when encountering `^')

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:48:01 +0000

Your bug report

#6059: auctex, emacs23 crashes in latex mode when encountering `^'

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#6059: auctex, emacs23 crashes in latex mode when encountering `^'
From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:47:38 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

This bug is being closed because it could not be reproduced and there
was no response to a request for more information.
If you still see the problem with the latest Emacs release, 23.3,
please reply with the requested information and it can be reopened if needed.

You can view the whole report at http://debbugs.gnu.org/BUGNUMBER

Chong Yidong wrote:

> Please provide a precise step-by-step recipe for this bug, starting with
> `emacs -Q'.  I haven't been able to reproduce this:
>
> 1. emacs -Q foo.tex
> 2. $2^3$
>
> No crash observed.
>
> GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.16.1)
>  of 2010-04-10 on furry

Subject: auctex, emacs23 crashes in latex mode when encountering `^'
From: Gong Zhitaao <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:37:20 +0800
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

when i try to type:
$2^3$
in LaTex mode, the emacs23 crashes encountering the symbol `^'

what's more, i could not even open a latex file in latex mode containing
the string above.

What can i do?

thanks.

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  Gong Zhitaao

  Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University, China

  Email: [email-masked]
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In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.3)
 of 2010-03-26 on palmer, modified by Debian
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version
11.0.10604000
configured using `configure  '--build=i486-linux-gnu'
'--host=i486-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib'
'--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var/lib'
'--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes'
'--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs23:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.1/leim' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-toolkit-scroll-bars' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-g' 'CPPFLAGS=''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_HK.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: LaTeX

Minor modes in effect:
  desktop-save-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  icomplete-mode: t
  partial-completion-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  global-linum-mode: t
  linum-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <return> <return> y <return> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <up> C-x k <backspace> M-x b u
g - r e <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> r e p o r t <return>

Recent messages:
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Please answer y or n.  Warning: desktop file appears to be in use by PID
2811.
Using it may cause conflicts.  Use it anyway? (y or n)
Please answer y or n.  Warning: desktop file appears to be in use by PID
2811.
Using it may cause conflicts.  Use it anyway? (y or n)
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