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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.

Mark Karpov
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Dunaevsky Maxim
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  • You could try to report the issue via GitHub issue tracker of `ergoemacs-mode`: https://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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    https://github.com/ergoemacs/ergoemacs-mode/issues/353 – Dunaevsky Maxim Aug 17 '15 at 12:34
  • @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: http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/4132/switch-to-next-buffer-under-certain-circumstances – 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.

Matthew Fidler
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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