XEmacs + maxima mode bug
- Subject: XEmacs + maxima mode bug
- From: Barton Willis
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:30:42 -0600
A workaround: Set the option "force rehighlight in this buffer" to false
(default is true).
Barton
-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
>On?Wed,?18?Nov?2009,?Barton?Willis?wrote:
>
><
><?-----Leo?Butler?<l.butler at ed.ac.uk>?wrote:?-----
><
><
><?>On?Wed,?18?Nov?2009,?Barton?Willis?wrote:
><?>
><?><?Using?XEmacs?with?maxima?mode?and?syntax?highlighting,?I?can?cause
><?>XEmacs
><?><?to?freeze?up?by
><?><
><?><??(1)?type?"abc(x)?:=?"
><?><??(2)?backspace?and?delete?the?"cb"?from?"abc"?(an?attempt?to?change
>the
><?><??function?name?from?abc?to?a.
><?><
><?><?You?will?be?greeted?with?whirring?disks?and?an?unresponsive?XEmacs.
>I'm
><?><?using?XEmacs?21.4?patch?13
><?><?"Rational?FORTRAN",?May?2003?--?it's?old,?maybe?I?need?a?newer
>XEmacs?
><?>
><?>Barton,?type?C-g?before?trying?to?backspace.?Do?you?still?have?the?same
><?>problem??Leo
><
><?No?difference--XEmacs?still?freezes.
>
>Barton,?I'm?running?gnu?emacs?21.4?with?an?inferior?maxima?major?mode
>and?abbrev?minor?mode.?I've?only?been?able?to?make?it?freeze?like?you
>describe?once,?and?control-g?unfroze?it.
>
>Do?you?have?similar?problems?in?shell-mode?
>
>(Most?likely?you?know?this,?but?you?don't?need?to?edit?lines?in?the
>inferior
>maxima?session,?you?can?split?your?screen?with?source?in?one?and?maxima
>in?the?other,?and?C-cC-nf?will?copy?a?block?of?source?into?maxima?and
>execute?it.)
>
>Leo
>--
>The?University?of?Edinburgh?is?a?charitable?body,?registered?in
>Scotland,?with?registration?number?SC005336.
>
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