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bug#18005: 24.4.50; In Emacs manual, tell users how to enter debugger fo
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#18005: 24.4.50; In Emacs manual, tell users how to enter debugger for `user-error' errors |
Date: |
Fri, 29 Apr 2016 23:51:23 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> The only hint about how to make Emacs enter the debugger for errors
> deemed `user-error' is this mention, buried in the
> `debug-ignored-errors' entry of the Elisp manual:
>
> The normal value of this variable includes `user-error', as well
> as several errors that happen often during editing but rarely
> result from bugs in Lisp programs. However, "rarely" is not
> "never"; if your program fails with an error that matches this
> list, you may try changing this list to debug the error. The
> easiest way is usually to set `debug-ignored-errors' to `nil'.
>
> (FWIW, wrt this text: Is it really necessary to point out that
> users can want to enter the debugger for other reasons that
> tracking down a Lisp bug?)
>
> It should be made *obvious* to users, in the *Emacs* manual, how to make
> the debugger open for so-called "user errors".
I think this belongs in the elisp manual, and the explanation there is
fine.
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