Re: Read remote image and hangs

[Michael Albinus]

Leo <address@hidden> writes:

>> Could you, please, give me a simple recipe how to provoke the error?
>
> 1. Check out auctex:
>     cvs -z3 -d:pserver:address@hidden:/sources/auctex co auctex
>
> 2. Apply patch in http://paste.pocoo.org/show/217280 or alternatively
>    (defalias 'start-process 'start-file-process)
>
> 3. Install auctex and load it with:
>    (load "auctex.el" nil t t)
>    (load "preview-latex.el" nil t t)
>
> 3. Open a TeX file on a remote machine that contains some maths:
>    Here is a compilable example: http://paste.pocoo.org/raw/217282/
>
> 4. Hit C-c C-p C-b, which will try to create preview images for current 
> buffer.
>
> As far as I know Emacs hangs when reading remote images, image that has
> a :file property and a value naming a remote file.

I've tried to debug this; unfortunately I've got lost in all the preview
internals.

Maybe the best is to ask on the auctex mailing list; the guys there
should know better what happens.

> When tramp remotely executes a program and it exits abnormally, tramp
> will then keep on waiting and C-g can not interrupt such a waiting.

Tramp does not apply inhibit-quit. So it must be one of the calling
routines.

> Best wishes,
>
> Leo

Best regards, Michael.