I have just installed emacs on my system and am having a problem where it quits when I am opening a new file. Here's how it happens:
After I open emacs I click the "blank page" icon. Next, the file explorer opens. When I try to navigate anywhere in the explorer using the arrow keys emacs instantly closes and Apple gives me an "emacs has quit unexpectedly" message. If I reopen the program and navigate by clicking I am able to open a file with no problem, only the arrow keys cause it to close.
I am running Mac OS 10.15.6 and emacs 26.3. Has anyone else encountered this? I am brand new to this program.
emacs -q
, then you may wish to see if the issue is present in either the upcoming Emacs 27 and/or bleeding edge Emacs 28 versions. In general, when Emacs crashes, it is helpful to catch it withgdb
-- this requires building from source, and launching Emacs undergdb
from thesrc
directory of the build repository -- then, you can run a detailed backtrace that can help Alan Third (macOS Emacs port maintainer) and others on the development team look into the issue. – lawlist Jul 29 '20 at 22:03M-x report-emacs-bug
, providing a step-by-step recipe to repro it, starting fromemacs -Q
(no init file). – Drew Jul 29 '20 at 22:14