Re: custom mode-line face makes Emacs freeze up

[Richard Stallman]

      Is the version of Emacs you tried my test with compiled with
    GTK+?

No, I don't compile that way.

Jan, can you investigate?

>     Here's a specific pair: Type `C-x C-f test1', `test1', `C-x C-s', `C-x
>     C-f test2', `test2', `C-x C-s'.  Now customize mode-line face as
>     described previously (width=narrow, height=120, overline=on), then
>     invoke Ediff on test1 and test2.  Now Emacs goes into an infinite loop
>     for me.