Re: Lockups while completing symbols?

Just in case this was making anyone nervous, the embarassing truth is
that this problem ended up being my own fault.  I'd bound one of my
own commands to C-M-o.  Apparently, I would sometimes strike C-M-o
instead of C-M-i and in certain cases this would cause my command to
enter an infinite loop, locking up the editor.

So, sorry for the false alarm.  :)  The IDE's completion command seems
to be fine.

Bill

On 12/3/06, Bill Atkins <atkinw@rpi.edu> wrote:
> I'm running LispWorks 5.0 on OS X 10.4 (Tiger).  From time to time,
> when I try to complete a symbol, I get the Pinwheel of Death and I'm
> unable to get LispWorks to respond to me.  The editor cursor continues
> flashing, but nothing I do can get LispWorks alive again.  The
> Processes button on the podium doesn't respond and C-g has no effect.
>  My only recourse is to Force Quit LispWorks.
>
> Unfortunately, I can't pin down exactly what circumstances cause the
> problem.  It doesn't happen all the time (of course), but it does seem
> to happen most frequently when I'm typing quickly.  Perhaps there is
> some keychord that I'm unwittingly pressing after I press C-M-i that
> confuses LW?
>
> Does anyone else have a problem like this?  I will post more
> information if I can narrow down what causes it, but having to Force
> Quit LispWorks and then come back into it is getting frustrating.
>
> This error seems to be specific to the LispWorks completion dialog,
> since I have yet to have this occur when using Edi Weitz's "Complete
> Symbol Without Dialog."  I am using that in the meantime, but I do
> prefer the GUI completion dialog.
>
> --
> Bill Atkins
>


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Bill Atkins