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- From: sridhar@cs.scarolina.edu (M. A. Sridhar)
- Subject: Re: Dired bug in OS/2 port of emacs 18.58.3?
- Message-ID: <sridhar.721341951@ash.cs.scarolina.edu>
- Keywords: dired, OS/2
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- Organization: USC Department of Computer Science
- References: <1992Nov3.212201.13281@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 20:45:51 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- yee@nimios.eng.mcmaster.ca (Paul Yee) writes:
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- >I seem to have discovered a bug in dired mode of the OS/2 port of
- >emacs 18.58.3:
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- >1) open an OS/2 command window
- >2) run emacs
- >3) M-x dired, f on a file and exit with C-x c.
-
- >Immediately re-invoke emacs and try 2-3 again. Dired mode works fine
- >the first time but not subsequently. Dired just hangs with the
- >information message "Reading directory <some directory path>..." after
- >disk activity ceases.
-
- >4) close the command session (exit)
-
- >Repeat this procedure 1-3 again and dired works fine! Why? Has anyone
- >else noticed this anomaly?
-
- Yes, I had this exact same problem. The weird part is, it seems to have gone
- away after I put in the Service Pack. So it must have been some kind of bug in
- OS/2.
-
- >Regards,
- >Paul Yee
- >yee@nimios.eng.mcmaster.ca
-
- Sridhar
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- M. A. Sridhar |
- Department of Computer Science | sridhar@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu (Internet)
- University of South Carolina | (803) 777-2427 (Ma Bell)
- Columbia, SC 29208 | (803) 777-3767 (Fax)
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