Re: Emacs hangs in org file

[Stelian Iancu <lists@siancu.net>]

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On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

> Stelian Iancu <lists@siancu.net> wrote:
>
> >  I have a fairly simple org file with only a couple of headings, TODOs
> > and some notes. The issue I'm seeing is that Emacs hangs to the point
> > where I have to force close it when I'm trying to expand a
> > headline. The behavior seems random, i.e. it's not always the same
> > header and I don't have specific steps to reproduce.
> >
> > Versions:
> > GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36) of
> 2012-12-30 on bob.porkrind.org
> >
> > Org-mode version 7.9.2 (7.9.2-181-ge8aaca-elpaplus @
> /Users/stelianiancu/.emacs.d/elpa/
> > org-plus-contrib-20121231/)
> >
> > Any ideas how can I debug this further or why this might happen?
> >
>
> Does it hang or is is stuck in a loop? Check whether emacs is is
> accumulating CPU time with ps.
>
> If it's in a loop and C-g works to get it out, you can set
> debug-on-quit, interrupt it and ponder the backtrace. Doing it a couple
> of times might indicate where the problem is.
>
> If not, then the only thing I can think of is attaching strace to the
> emacs process, and figuring out what it is doing.
>
> In either case, easier said than done, but desperate times call for
> desperate measures.
>
> Nick
>
>
Well it seems that it didn't hang at all. What happens is that the buffer
which contains the org file doesn't seem to accept any keyboard input
anymore. If I use the mouse to switch to another buffer, there the keyboard
input works as it should. Then if I switch back to the problematic file, it
works as well, for a while. Also, I've noticed that the problem seems to be
happening when I try to expand a heading.

For now I can do this mouse switching of buffers but I'd really like to
know what happens and how can it be fixed.

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