Re: debugging odd startup message

[Stefan Monnier]

"Perry E. Metzger" <address@hidden> writes:

> On emacs startup, I'm getting this message:
>
> Warning (bytecomp): Use ‘with-current-buffer’ rather than 
> save-excursion+set-buffer
> Warning (bytecomp): ‘next-line’ is for interactive use only; use 
> ‘forward-line’ instead.
>
> Not sure how to figure out exactly where this is happening -- I'm
> guessing some file I'm loading, but I'm unsure. I'm not
> running bytecomp on startup, which also makes the error a bit odd.
>
> Anyway, if anyone can give me suggestions on how to figure out how to
> pin down what's causing this so I can fix it, I'd appreciate it.

You can add something like

    (trace-function 'byte-compile)

at the beginning of your ~/.emacs file.  Or alternatively something like

    (debug-on-entry 'byte-compile)

might give you more information.


        Stefan