From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/25922 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jeff Senn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: drag-drop bug... Date: 15 Oct 1999 13:07:51 -0400 Organization: MAYA Design Group Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <38073EFD.E81D6224@Maths.QMW.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035163227 16736 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 01:20:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 01:20:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org, ntemacs-users@cs.washington.edu Return-Path: Original-Received: from spinoza.math.uh.edu (spinoza.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.18]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA02063 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 1999 13:13:44 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by spinoza.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAB03728; Fri, 15 Oct 1999 12:09:37 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Fri, 15 Oct 1999 12:09:55 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA05490 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 1999 12:09:44 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from pigeon.maya.com (postfix@po.maya.com [192.70.254.2]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA02029 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 1999 13:07:48 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from SNIPE.maya.com (snipe.maya.com [192.70.254.125]) by pigeon.maya.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC2CD3ED3; Fri, 15 Oct 1999 13:00:40 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: "Dr Francis J. Wright" In-Reply-To: "Dr Francis J. Wright"'s message of "Fri, 15 Oct 1999 15:49:33 +0100" Original-Lines: 36 User-Agent: Gnus/5.070095 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.95) Emacs/20.4 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:25922 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:25922 Dr Francis J. Wright writes: > Jeff Senn wrote: > > > > So I just experienced a wierd bug in my [GNU Emacs 20.4.1 > > (i386-*-windows95.1111)] (running Windows 95) ... > > > > Then I noticed that many of my gnus (pgnus 0.95) buffers were gone!!! > > > > Including the *Group* buffer (and I'm sure it didn't run the various > > hooks associated with killing the buffer)... in this case, no-harm > > (saved by dribble); I'm glad it wasn't some buffer with an > > important edit underway... > > Here's a guess for someone to shoot down. The drag-drop caused Emacs to > garbage collect. While it was doing that, it stored the kill-buffer > commands. When it had finished garbage collecting, it applied the > stored kill-buffer commands and killed the top so-many buffers. If this Hm -- possible, I guess -- although it would have been a longer GC than I have ever seen my emacs do... and it didn't happen near the drag-drop, it happened later when I attempted to kill the buffer. ...and I'd swear the (original) buffer I was trying to kill was still on my screen and also _active_ at some point after I typed C-x C-k...but I can't be entirely certain. > guess is correct then the moral is just to be patient! yeah...well...my fingers do get ahead of me sometimes... -- -Jas I've got emacs, who needs a stink'n' _mouse_!