[Info-vax] Some questions on software for VMS 7.3 VAX

[hb]

On 01/25/2016 04:47 PM, lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> Dired mode starts up ok (everything is terribly slow) but when I select a
> directory or file from the list Emacs crashes with a long traceback
> starting with

I'm not a Emacs user, so I didn't try much. I guess what you are doing
is ^X^F and then space:

module name     routine name                     line       rel PC    abs PC

EMACS           fatal_error_signal              20863      0000009F
000C71A3
                                                           005A3590
005A3590
                                                           005A3531
005A3531
                                                           0059DDFA
0059DDFA
                                                           0059DB60
0059DB60
----- above condition handler called with exception 0000043C:
%SYSTEM-F-OPCDEC, opcode reserved to Digital fault at PC=7FE76E36,
PSL=03C00000
----- end of exception message
                                                           7FE76E36
7FE76E36
DIRED           file_name_completion            22834      000002C2
000F9BEE
DIRED           Ffile_name_completion           22667      00000085
000F983D
FILEIO          Fread_file_name_internal        29303      00000148
000F8494
EVAL            Ffuncall                        14239      0000028F
00127C7F
EVAL            call3                           14074      0000002E
0012791E
MINIBUF         Ftry_completion                 15589      0000008F
000EDFEF
MINIBUF         Fminibuffer_complete_word       16418      00000038
000EF630
...

OK, I try to find what's wrong, here.

On the other hand, what means terribly slow, does emacs prints a line,
pauses and then prints then next one? If that is what you see, it may be
related to the baud rate of the terminal. Do a SHOW TERMINAL and check
what ist prints after "Input" and "Output". Try a SET TERMINAL/AUTO and
see if that increases the baud rate and improves the speed.