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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @setfilename ../info/debugging
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6 @node Debugging, Read and Print, Byte Compilation, Top
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7 @chapter Debugging Lisp Programs
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9 There are three ways to investigate a problem in an Emacs Lisp program,
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10 depending on what you are doing with the program when the problem appears.
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12 @itemize @bullet
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13 @item
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14 If the problem occurs when you run the program, you can use a Lisp
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15 debugger (either the default debugger or Edebug) to investigate what is
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16 happening during execution.
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18 @item
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19 If the problem is syntactic, so that Lisp cannot even read the program,
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20 you can use the Emacs facilities for editing Lisp to localize it.
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22 @item
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23 If the problem occurs when trying to compile the program with the byte
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24 compiler, you need to know how to examine the compiler's input buffer.
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25 @end itemize
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27 @menu
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28 * Debugger:: How the Emacs Lisp debugger is implemented.
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29 * Syntax Errors:: How to find syntax errors.
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30 * Compilation Errors:: How to find errors that show up in byte compilation.
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31 * Edebug:: A source-level Emacs Lisp debugger.
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32 @end menu
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34 Another useful debugging tool is the dribble file. When a dribble
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35 file is open, Emacs copies all keyboard input characters to that file.
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36 Afterward, you can examine the file to find out what input was used.
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37 @xref{Terminal Input}.
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39 For debugging problems in terminal descriptions, the
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40 @code{open-termscript} function can be useful. @xref{Terminal Output}.
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42 @node Debugger
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43 @section The Lisp Debugger
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44 @cindex debugger
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45 @cindex Lisp debugger
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46 @cindex break
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48 The @dfn{Lisp debugger} provides the ability to suspend evaluation of
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49 a form. While evaluation is suspended (a state that is commonly known
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50 as a @dfn{break}), you may examine the run time stack, examine the
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51 values of local or global variables, or change those values. Since a
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52 break is a recursive edit, all the usual editing facilities of Emacs are
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53 available; you can even run programs that will enter the debugger
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54 recursively. @xref{Recursive Editing}.
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56 @menu
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57 * Error Debugging:: Entering the debugger when an error happens.
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58 * Infinite Loops:: Stopping and debugging a program that doesn't exit.
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59 * Function Debugging:: Entering it when a certain function is called.
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60 * Explicit Debug:: Entering it at a certain point in the program.
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61 * Using Debugger:: What the debugger does; what you see while in it.
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62 * Debugger Commands:: Commands used while in the debugger.
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63 * Invoking the Debugger:: How to call the function @code{debug}.
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64 * Internals of Debugger:: Subroutines of the debugger, and global variables.
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65 @end menu
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67 @node Error Debugging
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68 @subsection Entering the Debugger on an Error
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69 @cindex error debugging
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70 @cindex debugging errors
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72 The most important time to enter the debugger is when a Lisp error
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73 happens. This allows you to investigate the immediate causes of the
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74 error.
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76 However, entry to the debugger is not a normal consequence of an
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77 error. Many commands frequently get Lisp errors when invoked in
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78 inappropriate contexts (such as @kbd{C-f} at the end of the buffer) and
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79 during ordinary editing it would be very unpleasant to enter the
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80 debugger each time this happens. If you want errors to enter the
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81 debugger, set the variable @code{debug-on-error} to non-@code{nil}.
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83 @defopt debug-on-error
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84 This variable determines whether the debugger is called when an error is
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85 signaled and not handled. If @code{debug-on-error} is @code{t}, all
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86 errors call the debugger. If it is @code{nil}, none call the debugger.
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88 The value can also be a list of error conditions that should call the
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89 debugger. For example, if you set it to the list
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90 @code{(void-variable)}, then only errors about a variable that has no
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91 value invoke the debugger.
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92 @end defopt
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94 To debug an error that happens during loading of the @file{.emacs}
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95 file, use the option @samp{-debug-init}, which binds
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96 @code{debug-on-error} to @code{t} while @file{.emacs} is loaded and
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97 inhibits use of @code{condition-case} to catch init file errors.
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99 If your @file{.emacs} file sets @code{debug-on-error}, the effect may
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100 not last past the end of loading @file{.emacs}. (This is an undesirable
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101 byproduct of the code that implements the @samp{-debug-init} command
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102 line option.) The best way to make @file{.emacs} set
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103 @code{debug-on-error} permanently is with @code{after-init-hook}, like
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104 this:
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106 @example
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107 (add-hook 'after-init-hook
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108 '(lambda () (setq debug-on-error t)))
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109 @end example
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111 @node Infinite Loops
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112 @subsection Debugging Infinite Loops
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113 @cindex infinite loops
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114 @cindex loops, infinite
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115 @cindex quitting from infinite loop
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116 @cindex stopping an infinite loop
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118 When a program loops infinitely and fails to return, your first
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119 problem is to stop the loop. On most operating systems, you can do this
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120 with @kbd{C-g}, which causes quit.
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122 Ordinary quitting gives no information about why the program was
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123 looping. To get more information, you can set the variable
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124 @code{debug-on-quit} to non-@code{nil}. Quitting with @kbd{C-g} is not
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125 considered an error, and @code{debug-on-error} has no effect on the
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126 handling of @kbd{C-g}. Likewise, @code{debug-on-quit} has no effect on
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127 errors.
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129 Once you have the debugger running in the middle of the infinite loop,
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130 you can proceed from the debugger using the stepping commands. If you
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131 step through the entire loop, you will probably get enough information
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132 to solve the problem.
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134 @defopt debug-on-quit
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135 This variable determines whether the debugger is called when @code{quit}
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136 is signaled and not handled. If @code{debug-on-quit} is non-@code{nil},
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137 then the debugger is called whenever you quit (that is, type @kbd{C-g}).
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138 If @code{debug-on-quit} is @code{nil}, then the debugger is not called
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139 when you quit. @xref{Quitting}.
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140 @end defopt
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142 @node Function Debugging
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143 @subsection Entering the Debugger on a Function Call
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144 @cindex function call debugging
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145 @cindex debugging specific functions
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146
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147 To investigate a problem that happens in the middle of a program, one
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148 useful technique is to enter the debugger whenever a certain function is
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149 called. You can do this to the function in which the problem occurs,
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150 and then step through the function, or you can do this to a function
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151 called shortly before the problem, step quickly over the call to that
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152 function, and then step through its caller.
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154 @deffn Command debug-on-entry function-name
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155 This function requests @var{function-name} to invoke the debugger each time
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156 it is called. It works by inserting the form @code{(debug 'debug)} into
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157 the function definition as the first form.
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159 Any function defined as Lisp code may be set to break on entry,
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160 regardless of whether it is interpreted code or compiled code. If the
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161 function is a command, it will enter the debugger when called from Lisp
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224 @subsection Explicit Entry to the Debugger
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280 Inside the debugger (in Debugger mode), these special commands are
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332 special in the debugger; it shows you the variable values within the
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333 debugger.
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337 command execution.
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339 If the debugger was entered due to a @kbd{C-g} but you really want
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340 to quit, and not debug, use the @kbd{q} command.
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343 Return a value from the debugger. The value is computed by reading an
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348 specified in the @kbd{r} command is used as the value of that frame. It
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350 Otherwise, @kbd{r} has the same effect as @kbd{c}, and the specified
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351 return value does not matter.
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354 @end table
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361 @defun debug &rest debugger-args
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362 This function enters the debugger. It switches buffers to a buffer
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366 edit, showing the backtrace buffer in Debugger mode.
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368 The Debugger mode @kbd{c} and @kbd{r} commands exit the recursive edit;
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398 marks the stack frame for that function so that it will invoke the
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459 @defvar debugger
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460 The value of this variable is the function to call to invoke the
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461 debugger. Its value must be a function of any number of arguments (or,
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469 @end defvar
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472 @cindex run time stack
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474 This function prints a trace of Lisp function calls currently active.
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489 @group
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505 eval((progn (1+ var) (list (quote testing) (backtrace))))
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518 The character @samp{*} indicates a frame whose debug-on-exit flag is
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521
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523 @defopt stack-trace-on-error
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524 @cindex stack trace
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525 This variable controls whether Lisp automatically displays a
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526 backtrace buffer after every error that is not handled. A quit signal
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528 backtrace is shown in a pop-up buffer named @samp{*Backtrace*} on every
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529 error. If it is @code{nil}, then a backtrace is not shown.
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531 When a backtrace is shown, that buffer is not selected. If either
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532 @code{debug-on-quit} or @code{debug-on-error} is also non-@code{nil}, then
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533 a backtrace is shown in one buffer, and the debugger is popped up in
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534 another buffer with its own backtrace.
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536 We consider this feature to be obsolete and superseded by the debugger
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538 @end defopt
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539 @end ignore
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541 @defvar debug-on-next-call
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542 @cindex @code{eval}, and debugging
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543 @cindex @code{apply}, and debugging
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544 @cindex @code{funcall}, and debugging
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545 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, it says to call the debugger before
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546 the next @code{eval}, @code{apply} or @code{funcall}. Entering the
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547 debugger sets @code{debug-on-next-call} to @code{nil}.
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549 The @kbd{d} command in the debugger works by setting this variable.
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550 @end defvar
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552 @defun backtrace-debug level flag
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553 This function sets the debug-on-exit flag of the stack frame @var{level}
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554 levels down the stack, giving it the value @var{flag}. If @var{flag} is
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556 frame later exits. Even a nonlocal exit through that frame will enter
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557 the debugger.
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558
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559 This function is used only by the debugger.
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560 @end defun
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561
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562 @defvar command-debug-status
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563 This variable records the debugging status of current interactive
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564 command. Each time a command is called interactively, this variable is
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565 bound to @code{nil}. The debugger can set this variable to leave
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566 information for future debugger invocations during the same command.
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567
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568 The advantage, for the debugger, of using this variable rather than
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569 another global variable is that the data will never carry over to a
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570 subsequent command invocation.
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571 @end defvar
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572
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573 @defun backtrace-frame frame-number
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574 The function @code{backtrace-frame} is intended for use in Lisp
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575 debuggers. It returns information about what computation is happening
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576 in the stack frame @var{frame-number} levels down.
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578 If that frame has not evaluated the arguments yet (or is a special
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579 form), the value is @code{(nil @var{function} @var{arg-forms}@dots{})}.
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581 If that frame has evaluated its arguments and called its function
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582 already, the value is @code{(t @var{function}
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583 @var{arg-values}@dots{})}.
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585 In the return value, @var{function} is whatever was supplied as the
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586 @sc{car} of the evaluated list, or a @code{lambda} expression in the
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587 case of a macro call. If the function has a @code{&rest} argument, that
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588 is represented as the tail of the list @var{arg-values}.
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590 If @var{frame-number} is out of range, @code{backtrace-frame} returns
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591 @code{nil}.
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592 @end defun
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594 @node Syntax Errors
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595 @section Debugging Invalid Lisp Syntax
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596
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597 The Lisp reader reports invalid syntax, but cannot say where the real
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598 problem is. For example, the error ``End of file during parsing'' in
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599 evaluating an expression indicates an excess of open parentheses (or
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600 square brackets). The reader detects this imbalance at the end of the
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601 file, but it cannot figure out where the close parenthesis should have
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602 been. Likewise, ``Invalid read syntax: ")"'' indicates an excess close
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604 missing parenthesis belongs. How, then, to find what to change?
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606 If the problem is not simply an imbalance of parentheses, a useful
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607 technique is to try @kbd{C-M-e} at the beginning of each defun, and see
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608 if it goes to the place where that defun appears to end. If it does
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612 Lisp, and we can give further advice for those cases.
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614 @menu
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615 * Excess Open:: How to find a spurious open paren or missing close.
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616 * Excess Close:: How to find a spurious close paren or missing open.
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617 @end menu
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619 @node Excess Open
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620 @subsection Excess Open Parentheses
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622 The first step is to find the defun that is unbalanced. If there is
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623 an excess open parenthesis, the way to do this is to insert a
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624 close parenthesis at the end of the file and type @kbd{C-M-b}
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625 (@code{backward-sexp}). This will move you to the beginning of the
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628 close parenthesis, and finally return to the mark.)
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631 way to be sure of this except to study the program, but often the
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632 existing indentation is a clue to where the parentheses should have
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633 been. The easiest way to use this clue is to reindent with @kbd{C-M-q}
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634 and see what moves.
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636 Before you do this, make sure the defun has enough close parentheses.
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637 Otherwise, @kbd{C-M-q} will get an error, or will reindent all the rest
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638 of the file until the end. So move to the end of the defun and insert a
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640 that too will fail to work until the defun is balanced.
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642 Now you can go to the beginning of the defun and type @kbd{C-M-q}.
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645 or a superfluous open parenthesis, near that point. (However, don't
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648 indentation is probably appropriate to the intended parentheses.
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650 After you think you have fixed the problem, use @kbd{C-M-q} again. If
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652 and you have put back those parentheses, @kbd{C-M-q} should not change
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653 anything.
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655 @node Excess Close
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656 @subsection Excess Close Parentheses
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658 To deal with an excess close parenthesis, first insert an open
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660 @kbd{C-M-f} to find the end of the unbalanced defun. (Then type
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661 @kbd{C-@key{SPC} C-_ C-u C-@key{SPC}} to set the mark there, undo the
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662 insertion of the open parenthesis, and finally return to the mark.)
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664 Then find the actual matching close parenthesis by typing @kbd{C-M-f}
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665 at the beginning of the defun. This will leave you somewhere short of
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666 the place where the defun ought to end. It is possible that you will
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667 find a spurious close parenthesis in that vicinity.
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669 If you don't see a problem at that point, the next thing to do is to
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670 type @kbd{C-M-q} at the beginning of the defun. A range of lines will
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671 probably shift left; if so, the missing open parenthesis or spurious
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672 close parenthesis is probably near the first of those lines. (However,
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673 don't assume this is true; study the code to make sure.) Once you have
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674 found the discrepancy, undo the @kbd{C-M-q} with @kbd{C-_}, since the
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675 old indentation is probably appropriate to the intended parentheses.
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677 After you think you have fixed the problem, use @kbd{C-M-q} again. If
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678 the old indentation actually fit the intended nesting of parentheses,
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679 and you have put back those parentheses, @kbd{C-M-q} should not change
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680 anything.
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682 @node Compilation Errors, Edebug, Syntax Errors, Debugging
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683 @section Debugging Problems in Compilation
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685 When an error happens during byte compilation, it is normally due to
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686 invalid syntax in the program you are compiling. The compiler prints a
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687 suitable error message in the @samp{*Compile-Log*} buffer, and then
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688 stops. The message may state a function name in which the error was
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689 found, or it may not. Either way, here is how to find out where in the
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690 file the error occurred.
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692 What you should do is switch to the buffer @w{@samp{ *Compiler Input*}}.
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693 (Note that the buffer name starts with a space, so it does not show
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694 up in @kbd{M-x list-buffers}.) This buffer contains the program being
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695 compiled, and point shows how far the byte compiler was able to read.
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697 If the error was due to invalid Lisp syntax, point shows exactly where
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698 the invalid syntax was @emph{detected}. The cause of the error is not
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699 necessarily near by! Use the techniques in the previous section to find
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700 the error.
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702 If the error was detected while compiling a form that had been read
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703 successfully, then point is located at the end of the form. In this
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704 case, this technique can't localize the error precisely, but can still
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705 show you which function to check.
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707 @include edebug.texi