Will Parsons writes: > I've recently noticed that xemacs will crash if one attempts to turn on > syntax highlighting via turn-on-font-lock (even started with the -q option), > but only if run under X. (If X is not running, there is no problem.) The > crash causes the following to print: > > Lisp backtrace follows: > > dispatch-non-command-events() > # (condition-case ... . ((nil))) > progress-feedback-dispatch-non-command-events() > # bind (tmsg top frame value message label) > append-progress-feedback(font-lock "Fontifying recdabas.c..." 0 nil) > # bind (frame value message label) > display-progress-feedback(font-lock "Fontifying recdabas.c..." 0) >... > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > > > Although I don't use XEmacs a lot, I do have it configured as the editor to > use for entering configuration control check-in messages, so I think the > problem must be fairly recent or I would have noticed it before. > > (If this problem is better posted to the Cygwin-xfree list, let me know and > I'll post it there.)
As Volker posted, there's a workaround for this: (setq progress-feedback-use-echo-area t) Is this with 21.4.23? There is a patch in 21.4.23 specifically designed to work around this. Thanks, Vin -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
