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When I type ecb-activite it results in the following error:

ecb-clean-up-after-activation-failure: ECB 2.40: Errors during the layout setup of ECB.
   (error-type: error, 
    error-data: ("Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size"))

Any suggestions?

M Smith
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please, install ECB from MELPA and try again?

Alex Ott
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  • I installed ECB Version: 20131116.1319 from MELPA and still get the same error. Do I need to disable the built-in one somehow? – M Smith Jan 04 '14 at 18:38
  • how did you get built-in ECB? Emacs itself doesn't have it, if it came from Linux - then you need to uninistall it... – Alex Ott Jan 04 '14 at 20:53
  • I uninstalled all other packages, started with `emacs -Q` then evaled `(add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/") t) (package-initialize)`. After which I installed ecb. I am still getting the same error. I created a Backtrace and posted it: https://gist.github.com/m0smith/8261464 – M Smith Jan 04 '14 at 22:17
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    I found a way to work around the issue by using `(ignore-errors (ecb-activate))`. ECB seems to work as expected if the error is ignored. @alex-ott – M Smith Mar 13 '14 at 17:22
  • How is `(ignore-errors (ecb-activate))` helping? I get the same result as @flatline. – mzjn Oct 19 '17 at 13:11
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I installed ECB from both Melpa and from here, without any luck. Both give this same error. Using the (ignore-errors ...) trick to launch it just results in a message "The ECB is now deactivated", and pretty much kills emacs after this point. Anyone have a way of getting ECB to work with Emacs 24.3? i'm running from within cygwin, but otherwise am not having a problem with my emacs environment.

flatline
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