6 Bugs and problems

The Emacs manual lists some common kinds of trouble users could get into, see Dealing with Emacs Trouble in The GNU Emacs Manual, so you might look there if the problem you encounter isn’t described in this chapter. If you decide you’ve discovered a bug, see Reporting Bugs in The GNU Emacs Manual, for instructions how to do that.

The file etc/PROBLEMS in the Emacs distribution lists various known problems with building and using Emacs on specific platforms; type C-h C-p to read it.

• Does Emacs have problems with large files?
• How do I get rid of ‘^M’ or echoed commands in my shell buffer?
• Why do I get an error message when I try to run M-x shell?
• Where is the termcap/terminfo entry for terminal type ‘emacs’?
• Why does Emacs say ‘Error in init file’?
• Why does Emacs ignore my X resources (my .Xdefaults file)?
• Why don’t my customizations of the frame parameters work?
• How do I edit a file with a ‘$’ in its name?
• Why does shell mode lose track of the shell’s current directory?
• Are there any security risks in Emacs?
• Dired says, ‘no file on this line’ when I try to do something.