[debbugs-tracker] bug#21203: closed (24.5; about-emacs makes emacs freeze on windows 8.1)

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> 24.5; about-emacs makes emacs freeze on windows 8.1
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> Thu, 6 Aug 2015 19:41:53 -0400
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> When I call the "about-emacs" command (either through M-x or the menu)
> emacs freezes, it stops accepting commands, it doesn't close and doesn't
> redraw the content of its window. The only to stop it is using the "end
> task" option in window's task manager.
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> This problem does not happen if I run emacs on text mode with the "-nw"
> option.
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> This problem doesn't happen on emacs 24.3.1 text or windows mode.
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> I have the "inhibit-startup-screen" variable set to "t" in my .emacs
> file, from previous uses in previous versions, but if I take it out
> emacs freezes at start.
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> In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
>  of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.3.9600
> Configured using:
>  `configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32'
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> Important settings:
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>   menu-bar-mode: t
>   file-name-shadow-mode: t
>   global-font-lock-mode: t
>   font-lock-mode: t
>   blink-cursor-mode: t
>   auto-composition-mode: t
>   auto-encryption-mode: t
>   auto-compression-mode: t
>   line-number-mode: t
>   transient-mark-mode: t
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> Re: bug#21203: 24.5; about-emacs makes emacs freeze on windows 8.1
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> Date: 
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> Tue, 24 Nov 2015 22:51:04 +0200
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> > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 16:42:12 -0400
> > From: Pablo Mercader Alcántara <address@hidden>
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> > Executing emacs from the windows command prompt directly (has GTKSharp
> > on the PATH variable):
> >   - emacs-about doesn't work
> >   - the version says: GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) (had to run
> > it with -nw to see it)
> >   - M-: (image-type-available-p 'svg) = t
> >   - M-: (image-type-available-p 'png) = nil
> >   - M-: (image-type-available-p 'xpm) = t
> > 
> > >From the windows command prompt, using a bat file to set the value of
> > the variable PATH to the same value it had in the previous experiment:
> >   - emacs-about works, displays svg image
> >   - the version says: GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
> >   - M-: (image-type-available-p 'svg) = t
> >   - M-: (image-type-available-p 'png) = nil
> >   - M-: (image-type-available-p 'xpm) = t
> > 
> > >From cygwin, using the envoirment as it comes:
> >   - emacs-about works, displays png image
> >   - the version says: GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-unknown-cygwin)
> >   - M-: (image-type-available-p 'svg) = nil
> >   - M-: (image-type-available-p 'png) = t
> >   - M-: (image-type-available-p 'xpm) = t
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> Find the good DLLs and put them (and all their dependency DLLs) in the
> same directory where you keep emacs.exe.  Then you don't need to worry
> about PATH, because Windows looks in the directory of the .exe file
> first.
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> > Now I'm pretty sure that this is not an GNU Emacs bug, so I think that
> > this report can be closed here.
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> Closing, thanks.
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