>>>> "Michael" == Michael Searles <msearles(a)base16.com&gt; writes:

> Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 13:55:31 -0600 > To: bug-cc-mode(a)gnu.org > From: Michael Searles <msearles(a)base16.com&gt; > Subject: Sample init.el crashes Win2K XEMACS > > Hello, > > I've installed the latest XEMACS for Windows (21.4.13). I'm running > it on Windows 2000 Pro SP2. > > I installed a copy of the Help->Sample->Sample init.el file in my > ~/.xemacs directory. > > I started up XEMACS and then: > > 1) Click on Dired. > 2) Select a directory. > 3) Open a file with .cpp extension (it may happen with other files too, > I didn't test that) > 4) CRASH! This brings down the whole machine instantly, with blue > screen, the black screen, then reboots. > > > I've isolated the section in the init.el file that causes this, and > commented it out as shown below to prevent the crash. > > ;; Here's another way to do that: it first tries to load the > ;; pointer once and traps the error, just to see if it's > ;; possible to load that pointer on this system; if it is, > ;; then it sets gc-pointer-glyph, because we know that > ;; will work. Otherwise, it doesn't change that variable > ;; because we know it will just cause some error messages. > > ;; ***** THIS CRASHES (if (featurep 'xpm) > ;; ***** THIS CRASHES (let ((file (expand-file-name "recycle.xpm" > data-directory))) > ;; ***** THIS CRASHES (if (condition-case nil > ;; ***** THIS CRASHES ;; check to make sure we can use the pointer. > ;; ***** THIS CRASHES (make-image-instance file nil > ;; ***** THIS CRASHES '(pointer)) > ;; ***** THIS CRASHES (error nil)) ; returns nil if an > error occurred. > ;; ***** THIS CRASHES (set-glyph-image gc-pointer-glyph file)))) > > > Thanks so much for the team's work that has been put in on XEMACS!! I've been > using XEMACS for over 5 years. The Windows port is getting better and > better!! > THANKS TO ALL!!! > > Best Regards, > Michael Searles