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Re: Lisp backtrace
From: |
Nick Roberts |
Subject: |
Re: Lisp backtrace |
Date: |
Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:11 +1300 |
> When debug-on-error is enabled and an error occurs, a backtrace is
> generated. Clicking on a function in the stack opens a buffer with the
> cursor at the start of the function. It would be more useful to place
> the cursor at the point of execution within that function.
>
> There is no information in a compiled function to relate the point of
> execution to a place in the source. The byte compiler maintains that
> data structure for generating error messages, but does not output it
> into a .elc file.
OK. Clicking on the function, evaluating it and then regenerating the
backtrace seems to work quite well.
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Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob