Subject: Re: bug#7969: Lisp nesting exceeds `max-lisp-eval-depth' in ibuffer

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:53:01 -0500

[email-masked] wrote:

> emacs' ibuffer mode crashes on my machine (Win32, GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1
> (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7600) of 2011-01-31 on 3249CTO) when used with
> complex saved filters. I attached a minimal sample that reproduces the
> error on a vanilla emacs installation (--no-init-file, built from
> http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/)

I've never used this feature, but perhaps there is a typo in your
configuration (extra set of parens in group "5")?
Using the following diff, the problem goes away:

*** ibt.el.BAK	2011-02-02 15:50:30.000000000 -0800
--- ibt.el	2011-02-02 15:50:36.000000000 -0800
***************
*** 10,18 ****
  		  (mode . eshell-mode)))
  	 ("4" (or (name . "^\\*scratch\\*$")
  		  (name . "^\\*Messages\\*$")))
! 	 ("5" ((or (name . "^\\*gnus trace\\*$")
  		   (name . "^\\*imap log\\*$")
! 		   (name . "^\\.newsrc-dribble$")))))))
  (get-buffer-create ".newsrc-dribble")
  (get-buffer-create "*Compile-Log*")
  (get-buffer-create "*Completions*")
--- 10,18 ----
  		  (mode . eshell-mode)))
  	 ("4" (or (name . "^\\*scratch\\*$")
  		  (name . "^\\*Messages\\*$")))
! 	 ("5" (or (name . "^\\*gnus trace\\*$")
  		   (name . "^\\*imap log\\*$")
! 		   (name . "^\\.newsrc-dribble$"))))))
  (get-buffer-create ".newsrc-dribble")
  (get-buffer-create "*Compile-Log*")
  (get-buffer-create "*Completions*")