Re: viewing files crashes emacs

[Stefan Monnier]

> for most files, but now there are some text files (mostly perl scripts,
> usually having no extension) that will cause emacs to completely lock up so
> nothing I do within emacs has any effect, and all I can do is kill the

These kinds of problem can have various sources, with various
workaround/remedies/fixes.
I recommend you:
- Try it with a more recent version of Emacs.
- If you can still reproduce it with the latest Emacs,
  `M-x report-emacs-bug`, ideally with the offending file in attachment
  so we have a chance to try and reproduce the problem on our end.


-- Stefan