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[h-e-w] Emacs crashing when using "open file ..." and looking in the Des
From: |
Marc A. Holloway |
Subject: |
[h-e-w] Emacs crashing when using "open file ..." and looking in the Desktop after already doing that |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:21:57 +0100 (BST) |
A friend mentioned having this problem, and I didn't believe it until I
saw it happen with my own eyes as I couldn't duplicate it initially
myself, since it appears to be very specific, not just "it crashes when I
open a file twice". Having just tried it out on my own installation
of emacs on an XP Pro SP 2, it does seem to be a reapeatable problem.
Description:
Menu bar File -> Open File ...
Select Desktop
Select a text file by doubleclicking
[Opens text file perfectly fine in a buffer]
Menu Bar File -> Open File ...
[No need to select Desktop, as already looking there]
At this stage, hovering over any text file, at around the time the tooltip
normally would appear giving the file type, date modified and size, emacs
crashes. Just goes away completely, taking the file browser window and
the main emacs window away, without even the usual Windows "a problem has
occured" window coming up.
Variations:
Normal navigation into My Documents, My Computer, even a subdirectory
containing text files on the desktop, all do not cause it to crash.
If at the 2nd time you go to open a file, you switch the "Look in:" from
Desktop to another area, it does not crash.
If at the 2nd time you go to open a file, you switch the "Look in:" from
Desktop to another area, then back to Desktop, then you sometimes get the
"encounterd a problem" window, and other times it works and does not
crash.
If before the 2nd time you open a file, you kill the buffer you have just
opened, then the Find File browswer does not start in the Desktop area,
and it does not crash.
Emacs version:
GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-msvc-nt5.1.2600) of 2003-03-28 on buffy
Anyone else seen this? Any ideas about the cause and/or how to fix it?
Regards,
Marc
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