> > I just experienced an Emacs crash, and I can reproduce consistently. I'm > unsure whether it's specific to the patched build and I don't have the time to > check, so I post here to verify. It might already be fixed, as I use the > version: GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.0.6002) of 2009-11-04 on LENNART- > 69DE564 (patched) > > > > Steps: > > - set find-file-existing-other-name to t > > - have "U:\Privé\ab" as the current working directory > > - press Ctrl-x Ctrl-f c d > > > > On typing the 'd' (or whatever key you type there) Emacs crashes. > > > > I tried (Cygwin) gdb as suggested by the Emacs crash handler and created the > stack trace below. > > > > Hope this helps...? > > Thanks for the bug report. Could you please try the latest from the > test area here: > > http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/DL/EmacsW32/test/ > > The latest one is the one from 2011-02-17 (i.e. > Emacs-24-BzrP110217-EmacsW32-1.58.exe)
Tested: same crash! But I noticed that you need to set w32-downcase-file-names to t as well. So the minimal .emacs file to experience this crash would be: (setq find-file-existing-other-name t w32-downcase-file-names t ) Have fun with it! :-) Groente, Michel.
