Anyone know a good solution? Jim From: Andreas Fuchs <asf(a)acm.org&gt; Subject: Bug#80851: split-string with no delimiter makes xemacs hang and die horribly To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit(a)bugs.debian.org&gt; Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 20:47:07 +0100 Reply-To: Andreas Fuchs <asf(a)acm.org&gt;, 80851(a)bugs.debian.org Resent-From: Andreas Fuchs <asf(a)acm.org&gt; Package: xemacs21 Version: 21.1.12-3 Severity: important try eval'ing: (split-string "foo bar" "") This produces an endless loop that makes xemacs eat more and more memory. When used in conjunction with zenirc-channel-mode (which splits the mode change lines in this way), this makes xemacs hang and even die completely (not even C-g can help, then). When this happens at the console, I even get a crash dump which pointed the split-string misery out to me. In X, xemacs just pretends to work forever, until it's killed with -9. TIA, Andreas Fuchs -- System Information Debian Release: woody Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux dahaIM.dyndns.org 2.4.0-test9 #5 Wed Nov 15 10:16:13 CET 2000 i686 Versions of packages xemacs21 depends on: ii xemacs21-mule 21.1.12-3 Editor and kitchen sink -- Mule bi ---------- -- ＠James LewisMoss <dres(a)debian.org&gt; | Blessed Be! ＠ http://jimdres.home.mindspring.com | Linux is kewl! ＠"Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours." Bach