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Article #189352GNU Emacs spinning after being disconnected
From: Joe Wells
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1991 00:34
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1991 00:34
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I've seen lots of reports over the years of GNU Emacs going into a cpu-eating state when it gets disconnected from its user. Can anyone summarize what the cause (or causes) of this was? I seem to remember it being a bad interaction with select. -- Thanks, Joe Wells <jbw@bu.edu>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103b8b,5a6c3f6d0c0952e5,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103b8b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-03-01 18:13:19 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!bu.edu!nntp-read!jbw From: jbw@bigbird.bu.edu (Joe Wells) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Subject: GNU Emacs spinning after being disconnected Message-ID: <JBW.91Mar1193419@bigbird.bu.edu> Date: 2 Mar 91 00:34:19 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: Boston University Computer Science Department Lines: 9