From 09af335782d678a15e6b4931f7d5e8c5e7eb034c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Craig Jennings Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 19:38:15 -0500 Subject: fix(early-init): stop wiring C-g to the debugger at startup Setting debug-on-quit t during startup turns C-g into a debugger trigger instead of an abort, so the normal "break out of a hang" reflex drops you into a recursive-edit you can't C-g out of. Worse, debug-on-error is also on during startup. An init error pops the debugger before the emacs-startup-hook cleanup runs, and debug-on-quit stays t for the whole session. I hit exactly that: a quit cascaded into a debugger loop that needed killall to escape. I dropped debug-on-quit from the startup block and removed its now-redundant cleanup line. debug-on-error stays on during startup so init errors are still caught. C-g stays an escape hatch. --- early-init.el | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'early-init.el') diff --git a/early-init.el b/early-init.el index 50a1de1d..d45faef7 100644 --- a/early-init.el +++ b/early-init.el @@ -48,13 +48,17 @@ ;; uncomment when repo signatures expire and package installation is necessary ;; (setq package-check-signature nil) -(setq debug-on-error t) ;; default nil. turn on to debug issues only. -(setq debug-on-quit t) ;; debug on C-g (breaking out of hangs/freezes) +(setq debug-on-error t) ;; default nil. on during startup to catch init errors. + +;; Deliberately NOT setting `debug-on-quit' here. Leaving it on wires C-g to +;; the debugger, so the normal "break out of a hang" reflex traps you in a +;; recursive-edit instead of aborting -- and if a startup error fires before +;; the cleanup hook below runs, the flag stays on for the whole session. +;; C-g stays an escape hatch. (add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook (lambda () - (setq debug-on-error nil) - (setq debug-on-quit nil))) + (setq debug-on-error nil))) ;; ------------------------------ Bug Workarounds ------------------------------ -- cgit v1.2.3