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

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:34:28 -0400

Gong Zhitaao <[email-masked]> writes:

> 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.

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