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From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
Subject: Re: [Bug] HTML export hangs on certain characters
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:35:31 -0500
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Rehan Iftikhar <rehan.iftikhar@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Im trying to do an html export of an org file and it keeps hanging /
> freezing emacs. I have narrowed it down to this:
> 
> * This headline exports fine
> * But when the headline includes an & it does not
> 
> I have verified this on master as of 10 minutes ago.
> 

I can reproduce this in latest git.

Works fine in

Org-mode version 7.5 (release_7.5.8.g06f3.dirty)


Seems like org-html-protect acquired an infinite loop: it rescans
the replacement "&amp;", find another & and goes on ad-infinitum.

Nick