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Re: 23.0.60; Emacs hangs during fontification


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Emacs hangs during fontification
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:35:21 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)

> I got a bug report through Emacs Wiki (see
> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/NxhtmlMode) saying that Emacs hangs
> when a large javascript file is opened. I tested and, yes, it hangs when
> I try to scroll down a number of times.

> I have attached the javascript.el that I have used. (This is the one that
> has been considered for inclusion in Emacs.)

My money is on: a regexp pattern with exponential blow up in the
font-lock-keywords.


        Stefan




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