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I use ergoemacs package from MELPA. I've added the following lines from official manual to my configuration file:

(setq ergoemacs-theme nil)
(setq ergoemacs-keyboard-layout "us")
(require 'ergoemacs-mode)
(ergoemacs-mode 1)

I can work without problems all day, or every minute see the message

Start ergoemacs command loop

which blocks Emacs (C-g has no effect and other keyboard shortcuts too, the only shortcut that works is Alt-F4).

  • Emacs built from source, version 24.5.1
  • OS — Ubuntu 12.04.3
  • Desktop environment — Cinnamon

How to fix the problem?

My latest .emacs here.

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  • You could try to report the issue via GitHub issue tracker of ergoemacs-mode: github.com/ergoemacs/ergoemacs-mode/issues. If you don't have GitHub account, it's easy to create one. Another benefit of GitHub account is that you will be able to keep your .emacs file under version control and share it easily without resorting to pastebin-like services. – Mark Karpov Aug 17 '15 at 12:02
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    github.com/ergoemacs/ergoemacs-mode/issues/353 – Dunaevsky Maxim Aug 17 '15 at 12:34
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    Holy shit, why is Ergoemacs even reimplementing the entire command loop in elisp? It's supposed to be just a minor mode setting up keymaps... – wasamasa Aug 17 '15 at 17:02
  • @wasamasa, I haven't studied source code of ergoemacs, but I saw a couple of questions that expose various problems with this package, so my conclusion that some parts of it may consist of low-quality code. See this for example: emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/4132/… – Mark Karpov Aug 17 '15 at 18:42
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The problem was fixed.

The comments above are asking why ergoemacs-mode reimpliments the command loop. The bug states what the ergoemacs-mode command loop does. It also shows how to turn it off.

As far as low-quality code, I'm unsure what @Mark means by that. However, there are a suite of tests to make sure the functionality is preserved.

EDIT:

I do see the arbitrary nature of the 20 cut-off. I personally don't use this function and agree this is arbitrary. I have updated the master code base to remove this. I should probably look at some of the legacy code and make sure it makes sense.

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  • I'm sorry, as I said I haven't read your code, so I was quite careful when I expressed my opinion: "some parts of it may consist of low-quality code". Since you admit that "20 cut-off" is far from good coding practice, I was right, in a way. I didn't want to offend you or question your (or other ergoemacs contributors') skills. – Mark Karpov Aug 17 '15 at 19:45
  • I'm not offended. I just wish to make it higher quality. – Matthew Fidler Aug 17 '15 at 20:45

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