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25.3; Cannot exit minibuffer with C-g when opening file or switching buffers

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From: Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.3; Cannot exit minibuffer with C-g when opening file or switching
 buffers
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2018 09:33:57 +0000

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Hi!

I am facing the exact problem described in

  https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26289

on both Emacs 25.3.2 and 24.5.1 also via `emacs -Q`.
When running emacs inside the terminal via `emacs -nw` the problem does not
occur.

Regards,
Tim

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Message #8 received at 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de>
Cc: 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30758: 25.3;
 Cannot exit minibuffer with C-g when opening file or switching buffers
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2018 20:31:54 +0200

> From: Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de>
> Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2018 09:33:57 +0000
> 
> I am facing the exact problem described in 
> 
>   https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26289
> 
> on both Emacs 25.3.2 and 24.5.1 also via `emacs -Q`. 
> When running emacs inside the terminal via `emacs -nw` the problem does not occur.

Thanks, but unless you can provide a reproducible recipe starting with
"emacs -Q", this report doesn't help us to find the reason and fix it,
exactly like bug#26289 didn't.

Message #11 received at 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de>
Cc: 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30758: 25.3;
 Cannot exit minibuffer with C-g when opening file or switching buffers
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:05:05 -0500

unarchive 26289
reopen 26289
merge 30758 29063 26289
quit

Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de> writes:

> I am facing the exact problem described in 
>
>   https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26289
>
> on both Emacs 25.3.2 and 24.5.1 also via `emacs -Q`. 
> When running emacs inside the terminal via `emacs -nw` the problem
> does not occur.

Do you see the same symptoms described in
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=29063#17

    I have also noticed that, with toggle-debug-on-quit on, just typing C-g
    while in the normal writing buffer will always send me to the debugger on
    only one line:

    Debugger entered--Lisp error: (quit)
      internal-timer-start-idle()

    This happens in the broken emacs only, and C-g here does nothing in the
    working emacs. Likewise, in the broken emacs, while I am highlighting text
    with C-space, C-g will 50% of the time cancel the highlight and 50% of the
    time open the above debugger on the timer start function.

Message #16 received at 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30758: 25.3; Cannot exit minibuffer with C-g when opening
 file or switching buffers
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:48:54 +0000

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1) emacs -Q
2) M-x
3) C-g

reproduces the error every time on my machine. Holding C-g for a couple of
seconds fixes the problem. Also Esc Esc Esc still works. Even C-S-g works,
even though describe-key translates it to C-g. I really think this might be
a problem with Ubuntu Unity somehow rebinding or blocking C-g.

Using toogle-debug-on-quit with my normal config, I was able to trigger

  Debugger entered--Lisp error: (quit)

without any further info or

  Debugger entered--Lisp error: (quit)
  read-event(nil t 2)
  sit-for(2)
  execute-extended-command(nil "toggle-debug-on-quit" nil)
  funcall-interactively(execute-extended-command nil "toggle-debug-on-quit" nil)
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)
  command-execute(execute-extended-command)

This was NOT reproducible with `emacs -Q`, though.

On Sat, 10 Mar 2018 at 04:05 Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> unarchive 26289
> reopen 26289
> merge 30758 29063 26289
> quit
>
> Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de> writes:
>
> > I am facing the exact problem described in
> >
> >   https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26289
> >
> > on both Emacs 25.3.2 and 24.5.1 also via `emacs -Q`.
> > When running emacs inside the terminal via `emacs -nw` the problem
> > does not occur.
>
> Do you see the same symptoms described in
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=29063#17
>
>     I have also noticed that, with toggle-debug-on-quit on, just typing C-g
>     while in the normal writing buffer will always send me to the debugger
> on
>     only one line:
>
>     Debugger entered--Lisp error: (quit)
>       internal-timer-start-idle()
>
>     This happens in the broken emacs only, and C-g here does nothing in the
>     working emacs. Likewise, in the broken emacs, while I am highlighting
> text
>     with C-space, C-g will 50% of the time cancel the highlight and 50% of
> the
>     time open the above debugger on the timer start function.
>

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Message #19 received at 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de>
Cc: 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#30758: 25.3;
 Cannot exit minibuffer with C-g when opening file or switching buffers
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:42:36 -0400

Tim Fischbach wrote:

> I really think this might be a problem with Ubuntu Unity somehow
> rebinding or blocking C-g.

Searching finds:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/741657/unity-somehow-captures-controlg-from-emacs

   if I disable Show location of pointer for the mouse in
   gnome-tweak-tools, C-g is passed through correctly.

Message #22 received at 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#30758: 25.3; Cannot exit minibuffer with C-g when opening
 file or switching buffers
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:20:31 +0000

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Unfortunately that option was already disabled on my system. But it has to
be something like this.

Thanks

On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 at 16:43 Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Tim Fischbach wrote:
>
> > I really think this might be a problem with Ubuntu Unity somehow
> > rebinding or blocking C-g.
>
> Searching finds:
>
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/741657/unity-somehow-captures-controlg-from-emacs
>
>    if I disable Show location of pointer for the mouse in
>    gnome-tweak-tools, C-g is passed through correctly.
>

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Message #25 received at 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de>
Cc: 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#30758: 25.3;
 Cannot exit minibuffer with C-g when opening file or switching buffers
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:49:13 -0400

Tim Fischbach wrote:

> Unfortunately that option was already disabled on my system. But it has to
> be something like this.

Maybe try disabling any window manager keyboard shortcut that uses the
ctrl key?

BTW, just to be explicit, seems everyone reporting this uses Ubuntu 16.04.

Message #28 received at 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30758: 25.3;
 Cannot exit minibuffer with C-g when opening file or switching buffers
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 21:12:17 -0400

Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de> writes:

> Unfortunately that option was already disabled on my system. But it
> has to be something like this.

Does describe-key-briefly (<f1> c C-g), or view-lossage (<f1> l) suggest
that Emacs can recognize the C-g, or does it see some other keystroke?

Message #31 received at 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30758: 25.3; Cannot exit minibuffer with C-g when opening
 file or switching buffers
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 13:14:45 +0000

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Interesting. I did not know about view-lossage.

<f1> c C-g just briefly displays "Quit" and exits minibuffer. When running
"emacs -nw -Q" from a terminal, the same key is described correctly as
keyboard-quit.

After trying to exit C-x C-f with C-g, nothing shows up in view-lossage.
When I hold C-g for a couple of seconds, focus goes back to the buffer as
expected and "C-g [abort-recursive-edit]" shows up in view-lossage.

When hitting C-g while inside a buffer, view-lossage displays "C-g
[keyboard-quit]" correctly, though, which I would not expect if Ubuntu kept
Emacs from receiving keyboard events correctly.



On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 at 02:12 Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de> writes:
>
> > Unfortunately that option was already disabled on my system. But it
> > has to be something like this.
>
> Does describe-key-briefly (<f1> c C-g), or view-lossage (<f1> l) suggest
> that Emacs can recognize the C-g, or does it see some other keystroke?
>

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Message #34 received at 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 30758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 26289 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Tim Fischbach <mail <at> timfischbach.de>
Subject: Re: bug#30758: 25.3; Cannot exit minibuffer with C-g when opening
 file or switching buffers
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:10:37 +0200

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Do you see the same symptoms described in
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=29063#17

More information was requested, but no response was given within a
year, so I'm closing this bug report.  If the problem still exists,
please reopen this bug report.

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