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25829 | 1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
39287 | 2 @c Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,97,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 3 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
38202 | 4 @node Building, Maintaining, Programs, Top |
25829 | 5 @chapter Compiling and Testing Programs |
6 @cindex building programs | |
7 @cindex program building | |
8 @cindex running Lisp functions | |
9 | |
10 The previous chapter discusses the Emacs commands that are useful for | |
11 making changes in programs. This chapter deals with commands that assist | |
12 in the larger process of developing and maintaining programs. | |
13 | |
14 @menu | |
15 * Compilation:: Compiling programs in languages other | |
16 than Lisp (C, Pascal, etc.). | |
17 * Compilation Mode:: The mode for visiting compiler errors. | |
18 * Compilation Shell:: Customizing your shell properly | |
19 for use in the compilation buffer. | |
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20 * Grep Searching:: Searching with grep. |
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22 * Debuggers:: Running symbolic debuggers for non-Lisp programs. |
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23 * Executing Lisp:: Various modes for editing Lisp programs, |
25829 | 24 with different facilities for running |
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25 the Lisp programs. |
25829 | 26 * Libraries: Lisp Libraries. Creating Lisp programs to run in Emacs. |
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27 * Eval: Lisp Eval. Executing a single Lisp expression in Emacs. |
25829 | 28 * Interaction: Lisp Interaction. Executing Lisp in an Emacs buffer. |
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29 * External Lisp:: Communicating through Emacs with a separate Lisp. |
25829 | 30 @end menu |
31 | |
32 @node Compilation | |
33 @section Running Compilations under Emacs | |
34 @cindex inferior process | |
35 @cindex make | |
36 @cindex compilation errors | |
37 @cindex error log | |
38 | |
39 Emacs can run compilers for noninteractive languages such as C and | |
40 Fortran as inferior processes, feeding the error log into an Emacs buffer. | |
41 It can also parse the error messages and show you the source lines where | |
42 compilation errors occurred. | |
43 | |
44 @table @kbd | |
45 @item M-x compile | |
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49 Invoke a compiler with the same command as in the last invocation of |
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50 @kbd{M-x compile}. |
25829 | 51 @item M-x grep |
52 Run @code{grep} asynchronously under Emacs, with matching lines | |
53 listed in the buffer named @samp{*grep*}. | |
54 @item M-x grep-find | |
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55 @item M-x find-grep |
25829 | 56 Run @code{grep} via @code{find}, with user-specified arguments, and |
57 collect output in the buffer named @samp{*grep*}. | |
58 @item M-x kill-compilation | |
59 @itemx M-x kill-grep | |
60 Kill the running compilation or @code{grep} subprocess. | |
61 @end table | |
62 | |
63 @findex compile | |
64 To run @code{make} or another compilation command, do @kbd{M-x | |
65 compile}. This command reads a shell command line using the minibuffer, | |
66 and then executes the command in an inferior shell, putting output in | |
67 the buffer named @samp{*compilation*}. The current buffer's default | |
68 directory is used as the working directory for the execution of the | |
69 command; normally, therefore, the compilation happens in this | |
70 directory. | |
71 | |
72 @vindex compile-command | |
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74 containing a default command line, which is the command you used the |
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78 nontrivial programs. (@xref{Top,, Make, make, GNU Make Manual}.) |
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79 The default compilation command comes from the variable |
25829 | 80 @code{compile-command}; if the appropriate compilation command for a |
81 file is something other than @samp{make -k}, it can be useful for the | |
82 file to specify a local value for @code{compile-command} (@pxref{File | |
83 Variables}). | |
84 | |
85 Starting a compilation displays the buffer @samp{*compilation*} in | |
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89 to keep this buffer visible; compilation continues in any case. While |
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91 mode lines of all windows. When this string disappears, the |
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92 compilation is finished. |
25829 | 93 |
94 If you want to watch the compilation transcript as it appears, switch | |
95 to the @samp{*compilation*} buffer and move point to the end of the | |
96 buffer. When point is at the end, new compilation output is inserted | |
97 above point, which remains at the end. If point is not at the end of | |
98 the buffer, it remains fixed while more compilation output is added at | |
99 the end of the buffer. | |
100 | |
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25829 | 102 @vindex compilation-scroll-output |
103 If you set the variable @code{compilation-scroll-output} to a | |
104 non-@code{nil} value, then the compilation buffer always scrolls to | |
105 follow output as it comes in. | |
106 | |
107 @findex kill-compilation | |
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108 When the compiler process terminates, for whatever reason, the mode |
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111 @samp{signal} (if a signal terminated the process), instead of |
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112 @samp{run}. Starting a new compilation also kills any running |
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113 compilation, as only one can exist at any time. However, @kbd{M-x |
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114 compile} asks for confirmation before actually killing a compilation |
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115 that is running. You can also kill the compilation process with |
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124 subprocesses; if it does, and they keep running after the main |
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125 compiler process has terminated, Emacs may kill them or their output |
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126 may not arrive in Emacs. To avoid this problem, make the main process |
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127 wait for its subprocesses to finish. In a shell script, you can do this |
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130 @example |
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131 (sleep 10; echo 2nd)& pid=$! # @r{Record pid of subprocess} |
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132 echo first message |
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136 If the background process does not output to the compilation buffer, |
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137 so you only need to prevent it from being killed when the main |
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138 compilation process terminates, this is sufficient: |
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140 @example |
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141 nohup @var{command}; sleep 1 |
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142 @end example |
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144 @vindex compilation-environment |
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145 You can control the environment passed to the compilation command |
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146 with the variable @code{compilation-environment}. Its value is a list |
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147 of environment variable settings; each element should be a string of |
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148 the form @code{"@var{envvarname}=@var{value}"}. These environment |
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25829 | 151 @node Compilation Mode |
152 @section Compilation Mode | |
153 | |
154 @findex compile-goto-error | |
155 @cindex Compilation mode | |
156 @cindex mode, Compilation | |
157 The @samp{*compilation*} buffer uses a special major mode, Compilation | |
158 mode, whose main feature is to provide a convenient way to look at the | |
159 source line where the error happened. | |
160 | |
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166 @item C-x ` | |
167 Visit the locus of the next compiler error message or @code{grep} match. | |
168 @item @key{RET} | |
169 Visit the locus of the error message that point is on. | |
170 This command is used in the compilation buffer. | |
171 @item Mouse-2 | |
172 Visit the locus of the error message that you click on. | |
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173 @item M-n |
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174 Find and highlight the locus of the next error message, without |
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175 selecting the source buffer. |
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176 @item M-p |
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177 Find and highlight the locus of the previous error message, without |
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178 selecting the source buffer. |
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179 @item M-@} |
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180 Move point to the next error for a different file than the current |
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181 one. |
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182 @item M-@{ |
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183 Move point to the previous error for a different file than the current |
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184 one. |
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185 @item C-c C-f |
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186 Toggle Next Error Follow minor mode, which makes cursor motion in the |
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187 compilation buffer produce automatic source display. |
25829 | 188 @end table |
189 | |
190 @kindex C-x ` | |
191 @findex next-error | |
192 You can visit the source for any particular error message by moving | |
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25829 | 199 To parse the compiler error messages sequentially, type @kbd{C-x `} |
200 (@code{next-error}). The character following the @kbd{C-x} is the | |
201 backquote or ``grave accent,'' not the single-quote. This command is | |
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206 this highlighting with the variable @code{next-error-highlight}. |
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208 The first time @kbd{C-x `} is used after the start of a compilation, | |
209 it moves to the first error's location. Subsequent uses of @kbd{C-x `} | |
210 advance down to subsequent errors. If you visit a specific error | |
211 message with @key{RET} or @kbd{Mouse-2}, subsequent @kbd{C-x `} | |
212 commands advance from there. When @kbd{C-x `} gets to the end of the | |
213 buffer and finds no more error messages to visit, it fails and signals | |
214 an Emacs error. | |
215 | |
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225 buffer. This is one way to process the same set of errors again. | |
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228 @vindex grep-regexp-alist |
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229 To parse messages from the compiler, Compilation mode uses the |
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230 variable @code{compilation-error-regexp-alist} which lists various |
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231 formats of error messages and tells Emacs how to extract the source file |
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232 and the line number from the text of a message. If your compiler isn't |
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233 supported, you can tailor Compilation mode to it by adding elements to |
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234 that list. A similar variable @code{grep-regexp-alist} tells Emacs how |
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237 @findex compilation-next-error |
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238 @findex compilation-previous-error |
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239 @findex compilation-next-file |
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240 @findex compilation-previous-file |
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242 scroll by screenfuls, and @kbd{M-n} (@code{compilation-next-error}) |
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243 and @kbd{M-p} (@code{compilation-previous-error}) to move to the next |
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244 or previous error message. You can also use @kbd{M-@{} |
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245 (@code{compilation-next-file} and @kbd{M-@}} |
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246 (@code{compilation-previous-file}) to move up or down to an error |
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247 message for a different source file. |
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249 @cindex Next Error Follow mode |
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250 @findex next-error-follow-minor-mode |
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251 You can type @kbd{C-c C-f} to toggle Next Error Follow mode. In |
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252 this minor mode, ordinary cursor motion in the compilation buffer |
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253 automatically updates the source buffer. For instance, moving the |
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254 cursor to the next error message causes the location of that error to |
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255 be displayed immediately. |
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257 The features of Compilation mode are also available in a minor mode | |
258 called Compilation Minor mode. This lets you parse error messages in | |
259 any buffer, not just a normal compilation output buffer. Type @kbd{M-x | |
260 compilation-minor-mode} to enable the minor mode. This defines the keys | |
261 @key{RET} and @kbd{Mouse-2}, as in the Compilation major mode. | |
262 | |
263 Compilation minor mode works in any buffer, as long as the contents | |
264 are in a format that it understands. In an Rlogin buffer (@pxref{Remote | |
265 Host}), Compilation minor mode automatically accesses remote source | |
266 files by FTP (@pxref{File Names}). | |
267 | |
268 @node Compilation Shell | |
269 @section Subshells for Compilation | |
270 | |
271 Emacs uses a shell to run the compilation command, but specifies | |
272 the option for a noninteractive shell. This means, in particular, that | |
273 the shell should start with no prompt. If you find your usual shell | |
274 prompt making an unsightly appearance in the @samp{*compilation*} | |
275 buffer, it means you have made a mistake in your shell's init file by | |
276 setting the prompt unconditionally. (This init file's name may be | |
277 @file{.bashrc}, @file{.profile}, @file{.cshrc}, @file{.shrc}, or various | |
278 other things, depending on the shell you use.) The shell init file | |
279 should set the prompt only if there already is a prompt. In csh, here | |
280 is how to do it: | |
281 | |
282 @example | |
283 if ($?prompt) set prompt = @dots{} | |
284 @end example | |
285 | |
286 @noindent | |
287 And here's how to do it in bash: | |
288 | |
289 @example | |
290 if [ "$@{PS1+set@}" = set ] | |
291 then PS1=@dots{} | |
292 fi | |
293 @end example | |
294 | |
295 There may well be other things that your shell's init file | |
296 ought to do only for an interactive shell. You can use the same | |
297 method to conditionalize them. | |
298 | |
299 The MS-DOS ``operating system'' does not support asynchronous | |
300 subprocesses; to work around this lack, @kbd{M-x compile} runs the | |
301 compilation command synchronously on MS-DOS. As a consequence, you must | |
302 wait until the command finishes before you can do anything else in | |
303 Emacs. @xref{MS-DOS}. | |
304 | |
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306 @section Searching with Grep under Emacs |
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308 @findex grep |
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309 Just as you can run a compiler from Emacs and then visit the lines |
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310 where there were compilation errors, you can also run @code{grep} and |
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311 then visit the lines on which matches were found. This works by |
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312 treating the matches reported by @code{grep} as if they were ``errors.'' |
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314 To do this, type @kbd{M-x grep}, then enter a command line that |
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316 @code{grep} when running it normally: a @code{grep}-style regexp |
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317 (usually in single-quotes to quote the shell's special characters) |
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319 prefix argument for @kbd{M-x grep}, it figures out the tag |
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320 (@pxref{Tags}) around point, and puts that into the default |
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321 @code{grep} command. |
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323 The output from @code{grep} goes in the @samp{*grep*} buffer. You |
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324 can find the corresponding lines in the original files using @kbd{C-x |
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325 `}, @key{RET}, and so forth, just like compilation errors. |
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327 Some grep programs accept a @samp{--color} option to output special |
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328 markers around matches for the purpose of highlighting. You can make |
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329 use of this feature by setting @code{grep-highlight-matches} to t. |
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330 When displaying a match in the source buffer, the exact match will be |
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331 highlighted, instead of the entire source line. |
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333 @findex grep-find |
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334 @findex find-grep |
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335 The command @kbd{M-x grep-find} (also available as @kbd{M-x |
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336 find-grep}) is similar to @kbd{M-x grep}, but it supplies a different |
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337 initial default for the command---one that runs both @code{find} and |
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338 @code{grep}, so as to search every file in a directory tree. See also |
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339 the @code{find-grep-dired} command, in @ref{Dired and Find}. |
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342 @section Finding Syntax Errors On The Fly | |
343 @cindex checking syntax | |
344 | |
345 Flymake mode is a minor mode that performs on-the-fly syntax | |
346 checking for many programming and markup languages, including C, C++, | |
347 Perl, HTML, and @TeX{}/La@TeX{}. It is somewhat analogous to Flyspell | |
348 mode, which performs spell checking for ordinary human languages in a | |
349 similar fashion (@pxref{Spelling}). As you edit a file, Flymake mode | |
350 runs an appropriate syntax checking tool in the background, using a | |
351 temporary copy of the buffer. It then parses the error and warning | |
352 messages, and highlights the erroneous lines in the buffer. The | |
353 syntax checking tool used depends on the language; for example, for | |
354 C/C++ files this is usually the C compiler. Flymake can also use | |
355 build tools such as @code{make} for checking complicated projects. | |
356 | |
357 To activate Flymake mode, type @kbd{M-x flymake-mode}. You can move | |
358 to the errors spotted by Flymake mode with @kbd{M-x | |
359 flymake-goto-next-error} and @kbd{M-x flymake-goto-prev-error}. To | |
360 display any error messages associated with the current line, use | |
361 @kbd{M-x flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line}. | |
362 | |
363 For more details about using Flymake, see @ref{Top, Flymake, | |
364 Flymake, flymake, The Flymake Manual}. | |
365 | |
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367 @section Running Debuggers Under Emacs | |
368 @cindex debuggers | |
369 @cindex GUD library | |
370 @cindex GDB | |
371 @cindex DBX | |
372 @cindex SDB | |
373 @cindex XDB | |
374 @cindex Perldb | |
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377 @cindex PDB | |
378 | |
379 @c Do you believe in GUD? | |
380 The GUD (Grand Unified Debugger) library provides an interface to | |
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382 debugger GDB, which is free software, but you can also run DBX, SDB or |
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383 XDB if you have them. GUD can also serve as an interface to Perl's |
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384 debugging mode, the Python debugger PDB, the bash debugger, and to |
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385 JDB, the Java Debugger. @xref{Debugging,, The Lisp Debugger, elisp, |
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386 the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}, for information on debugging Emacs |
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387 Lisp programs. |
25829 | 388 |
389 @menu | |
390 * Starting GUD:: How to start a debugger subprocess. | |
391 * Debugger Operation:: Connection between the debugger and source buffers. | |
392 * Commands of GUD:: Key bindings for common commands. | |
393 * GUD Customization:: Defining your own commands for GUD. | |
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394 * GDB Graphical Interface:: An enhanced mode that uses GDB features to |
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395 implement a graphical debugging environment through |
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396 Emacs. |
25829 | 397 @end menu |
398 | |
399 @node Starting GUD | |
400 @subsection Starting GUD | |
401 | |
402 There are several commands for starting a debugger, each corresponding | |
403 to a particular debugger program. | |
404 | |
405 @table @kbd | |
406 @item M-x gdb @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} | |
407 @findex gdb | |
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408 Run GDB as a subprocess of Emacs. By default, this operates in |
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409 graphical mode; @xref{GDB Graphical Interface}. Graphical mode |
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410 does not support any other debuggers. |
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25829 | 412 @item M-x dbx @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} |
413 @findex dbx | |
38490 | 414 Similar, but run DBX instead of GDB. |
25829 | 415 |
416 @item M-x xdb @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} | |
417 @findex xdb | |
418 @vindex gud-xdb-directories | |
38490 | 419 Similar, but run XDB instead of GDB. Use the variable |
25829 | 420 @code{gud-xdb-directories} to specify directories to search for source |
421 files. | |
422 | |
423 @item M-x sdb @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} | |
424 @findex sdb | |
38490 | 425 Similar, but run SDB instead of GDB. |
25829 | 426 |
427 Some versions of SDB do not mention source file names in their | |
428 messages. When you use them, you need to have a valid tags table | |
429 (@pxref{Tags}) in order for GUD to find functions in the source code. | |
430 If you have not visited a tags table or the tags table doesn't list one | |
431 of the functions, you get a message saying @samp{The sdb support | |
432 requires a valid tags table to work}. If this happens, generate a valid | |
433 tags table in the working directory and try again. | |
434 | |
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435 @item M-x bashdb @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} |
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436 @findex bashdb |
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437 Run the bash debugger to debug @var{file}, a shell script. |
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25829 | 439 @item M-x perldb @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} |
440 @findex perldb | |
441 Run the Perl interpreter in debug mode to debug @var{file}, a Perl program. | |
442 | |
443 @item M-x jdb @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} | |
444 @findex jdb | |
445 Run the Java debugger to debug @var{file}. | |
446 | |
447 @item M-x pdb @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} | |
448 @findex pdb | |
449 Run the Python debugger to debug @var{file}. | |
450 @end table | |
451 | |
452 Each of these commands takes one argument: a command line to invoke | |
453 the debugger. In the simplest case, specify just the name of the | |
454 executable file you want to debug. You may also use options that the | |
455 debugger supports. However, shell wildcards and variables are not | |
456 allowed. GUD assumes that the first argument not starting with a | |
457 @samp{-} is the executable file name. | |
458 | |
459 @node Debugger Operation | |
460 @subsection Debugger Operation | |
461 | |
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462 @cindex fringes, and current execution line in GUD |
25829 | 463 When you run a debugger with GUD, the debugger uses an Emacs buffer |
464 for its ordinary input and output. This is called the GUD buffer. The | |
465 debugger displays the source files of the program by visiting them in | |
466 Emacs buffers. An arrow (@samp{=>}) in one of these buffers indicates | |
42913 | 467 the current execution line.@footnote{Under a window system, the arrow |
468 appears in the left fringe of the Emacs window.} Moving point in this | |
469 buffer does not move the arrow. | |
25829 | 470 |
471 You can start editing these source files at any time in the buffers | |
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472 that display them. The arrow is not part of the file's |
25829 | 473 text; it appears only on the screen. If you do modify a source file, |
474 keep in mind that inserting or deleting lines will throw off the arrow's | |
475 positioning; GUD has no way of figuring out which line corresponded | |
476 before your changes to the line number in a debugger message. Also, | |
477 you'll typically have to recompile and restart the program for your | |
478 changes to be reflected in the debugger's tables. | |
479 | |
480 If you wish, you can control your debugger process entirely through the | |
481 debugger buffer, which uses a variant of Shell mode. All the usual | |
482 commands for your debugger are available, and you can use the Shell mode | |
483 history commands to repeat them. @xref{Shell Mode}. | |
484 | |
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485 @cindex tooltips with GUD |
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486 @vindex tooltip-gud-modes |
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487 @vindex tooltip-gud-tips-p |
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488 The Tooltip facility (@pxref{Tooltips}) provides support for GUD@. |
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489 You activate this feature by setting the variable |
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490 @code{tooltip-gud-tips-p} to @code{t}. Then you can display a |
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491 variable's value in a tooltip simply by pointing at it with the mouse. |
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492 This operates in the GUD buffer and in source buffers with major modes |
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493 in the list @code{tooltip-gud-modes}. |
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25829 | 495 @node Commands of GUD |
496 @subsection Commands of GUD | |
497 | |
498 The GUD interaction buffer uses a variant of Shell mode, so the | |
499 commands of Shell mode are available (@pxref{Shell Mode}). GUD mode | |
500 also provides commands for setting and clearing breakpoints, for | |
501 selecting stack frames, and for stepping through the program. These | |
502 commands are available both in the GUD buffer and globally, but with | |
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503 different key bindings. It also has its own toolbar from which you |
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504 can invoke the more common commands by clicking on the appropriate |
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505 icon. This is particularly useful for repetitive commands like |
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506 gud-next and gud-step and allows the user to hide the GUD buffer. |
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508 The breakpoint commands are normally used in source file buffers, |
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509 because that is the easiest way to specify where to set or clear the |
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510 breakpoint. Here's the global command to set a breakpoint: |
25829 | 511 |
512 @table @kbd | |
513 @item C-x @key{SPC} | |
514 @kindex C-x SPC | |
515 Set a breakpoint on the source line that point is on. | |
516 @end table | |
517 | |
518 @kindex C-x C-a @r{(GUD)} | |
519 Here are the other special commands provided by GUD. The keys | |
520 starting with @kbd{C-c} are available only in the GUD interaction | |
521 buffer. The key bindings that start with @kbd{C-x C-a} are available in | |
522 the GUD interaction buffer and also in source files. | |
523 | |
524 @table @kbd | |
525 @item C-c C-l | |
526 @kindex C-c C-l @r{(GUD)} | |
527 @itemx C-x C-a C-l | |
528 @findex gud-refresh | |
529 Display in another window the last line referred to in the GUD | |
530 buffer (that is, the line indicated in the last location message). | |
531 This runs the command @code{gud-refresh}. | |
532 | |
533 @item C-c C-s | |
534 @kindex C-c C-s @r{(GUD)} | |
535 @itemx C-x C-a C-s | |
536 @findex gud-step | |
537 Execute a single line of code (@code{gud-step}). If the line contains | |
538 a function call, execution stops after entering the called function. | |
539 | |
540 @item C-c C-n | |
541 @kindex C-c C-n @r{(GUD)} | |
542 @itemx C-x C-a C-n | |
543 @findex gud-next | |
544 Execute a single line of code, stepping across entire function calls | |
545 at full speed (@code{gud-next}). | |
546 | |
547 @item C-c C-i | |
548 @kindex C-c C-i @r{(GUD)} | |
549 @itemx C-x C-a C-i | |
550 @findex gud-stepi | |
551 Execute a single machine instruction (@code{gud-stepi}). | |
552 | |
553 @need 3000 | |
554 @item C-c C-r | |
555 @kindex C-c C-r @r{(GUD)} | |
556 @itemx C-x C-a C-r | |
557 @findex gud-cont | |
558 Continue execution without specifying any stopping point. The program | |
559 will run until it hits a breakpoint, terminates, or gets a signal that | |
560 the debugger is checking for (@code{gud-cont}). | |
561 | |
562 @need 1000 | |
563 @item C-c C-d | |
564 @kindex C-c C-d @r{(GUD)} | |
565 @itemx C-x C-a C-d | |
566 @findex gud-remove | |
567 Delete the breakpoint(s) on the current source line, if any | |
568 (@code{gud-remove}). If you use this command in the GUD interaction | |
569 buffer, it applies to the line where the program last stopped. | |
570 | |
571 @item C-c C-t | |
572 @kindex C-c C-t @r{(GUD)} | |
573 @itemx C-x C-a C-t | |
574 @findex gud-tbreak | |
575 Set a temporary breakpoint on the current source line, if any. | |
576 If you use this command in the GUD interaction buffer, | |
577 it applies to the line where the program last stopped. | |
578 @end table | |
579 | |
580 The above commands are common to all supported debuggers. If you are | |
581 using GDB or (some versions of) DBX, these additional commands are available: | |
582 | |
583 @table @kbd | |
584 @item C-c < | |
585 @kindex C-c < @r{(GUD)} | |
586 @itemx C-x C-a < | |
587 @findex gud-up | |
588 Select the next enclosing stack frame (@code{gud-up}). This is | |
589 equivalent to the @samp{up} command. | |
590 | |
591 @item C-c > | |
592 @kindex C-c > @r{(GUD)} | |
593 @itemx C-x C-a > | |
594 @findex gud-down | |
595 Select the next inner stack frame (@code{gud-down}). This is | |
596 equivalent to the @samp{down} command. | |
597 @end table | |
598 | |
599 If you are using GDB, these additional key bindings are available: | |
600 | |
601 @table @kbd | |
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603 @kindex C-c C-r @r{(GUD)} |
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604 @itemx C-x C-a C-r |
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605 @findex gud-run |
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606 Start execution of the program (@code{gud-run}). |
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608 @item C-c C-u |
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609 @kindex C-c C-u @r{(GUD)} |
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610 @itemx C-x C-a C-u |
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611 @findex gud-until |
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612 Continue execution to the current line. The program will run until |
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613 it hits a breakpoint, terminates, gets a signal that the debugger is |
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614 checking for, or reaches the line on which the cursor currently sits |
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615 (@code{gud-until}). |
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25829 | 617 @item @key{TAB} |
618 @kindex TAB @r{(GUD)} | |
619 @findex gud-gdb-complete-command | |
620 With GDB, complete a symbol name (@code{gud-gdb-complete-command}). | |
621 This key is available only in the GUD interaction buffer, and requires | |
622 GDB versions 4.13 and later. | |
623 | |
624 @item C-c C-f | |
625 @kindex C-c C-f @r{(GUD)} | |
626 @itemx C-x C-a C-f | |
627 @findex gud-finish | |
628 Run the program until the selected stack frame returns (or until it | |
629 stops for some other reason). | |
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634 Only useful in a source buffer, (@code{gud-jump}) transfers the |
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635 program's execution point to the current line. In other words, the |
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636 next line that the program executes will be the one where you gave the |
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637 command. If the new execution line is in a different function from |
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638 the previously one, GDB prompts for confirmation since the results may |
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25829 | 641 @end table |
642 | |
643 These commands interpret a numeric argument as a repeat count, when | |
644 that makes sense. | |
645 | |
646 Because @key{TAB} serves as a completion command, you can't use it to | |
647 enter a tab as input to the program you are debugging with GDB. | |
648 Instead, type @kbd{C-q @key{TAB}} to enter a tab. | |
649 | |
650 @node GUD Customization | |
651 @subsection GUD Customization | |
652 | |
653 @vindex gdb-mode-hook | |
654 @vindex dbx-mode-hook | |
655 @vindex sdb-mode-hook | |
656 @vindex xdb-mode-hook | |
657 @vindex perldb-mode-hook | |
658 @vindex pdb-mode-hook | |
659 @vindex jdb-mode-hook | |
660 On startup, GUD runs one of the following hooks: @code{gdb-mode-hook}, | |
661 if you are using GDB; @code{dbx-mode-hook}, if you are using DBX; | |
662 @code{sdb-mode-hook}, if you are using SDB; @code{xdb-mode-hook}, if you | |
663 are using XDB; @code{perldb-mode-hook}, for Perl debugging mode; | |
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664 @code{pdb-mode-hook}, for PDB; @code{jdb-mode-hook}, for JDB. You can |
25829 | 665 use these hooks to define custom key bindings for the debugger |
666 interaction buffer. @xref{Hooks}. | |
667 | |
668 Here is a convenient way to define a command that sends a particular | |
669 command string to the debugger, and set up a key binding for it in the | |
670 debugger interaction buffer: | |
671 | |
672 @findex gud-def | |
673 @example | |
674 (gud-def @var{function} @var{cmdstring} @var{binding} @var{docstring}) | |
675 @end example | |
676 | |
677 This defines a command named @var{function} which sends | |
678 @var{cmdstring} to the debugger process, and gives it the documentation | |
38743 | 679 string @var{docstring}. You can then use the command @var{function} in any |
25829 | 680 buffer. If @var{binding} is non-@code{nil}, @code{gud-def} also binds |
681 the command to @kbd{C-c @var{binding}} in the GUD buffer's mode and to | |
682 @kbd{C-x C-a @var{binding}} generally. | |
683 | |
684 The command string @var{cmdstring} may contain certain | |
685 @samp{%}-sequences that stand for data to be filled in at the time | |
686 @var{function} is called: | |
687 | |
688 @table @samp | |
689 @item %f | |
690 The name of the current source file. If the current buffer is the GUD | |
691 buffer, then the ``current source file'' is the file that the program | |
692 stopped in. | |
693 @c This said, ``the name of the file the program counter was in at the last breakpoint.'' | |
694 @c But I suspect it is really the last stop file. | |
695 | |
696 @item %l | |
697 The number of the current source line. If the current buffer is the GUD | |
698 buffer, then the ``current source line'' is the line that the program | |
699 stopped in. | |
700 | |
701 @item %e | |
702 The text of the C lvalue or function-call expression at or adjacent to point. | |
703 | |
704 @item %a | |
705 The text of the hexadecimal address at or adjacent to point. | |
706 | |
707 @item %p | |
708 The numeric argument of the called function, as a decimal number. If | |
709 the command is used without a numeric argument, @samp{%p} stands for the | |
710 empty string. | |
711 | |
712 If you don't use @samp{%p} in the command string, the command you define | |
713 ignores any numeric argument. | |
714 @end table | |
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825 @kindex d @r{(GDB breakpoints buffer)} |
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826 @findex gdb-delete-breakpoint |
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829 @item @key{RET} |
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830 @kindex RET @r{(GDB breakpoints buffer)} |
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831 @findex gdb-goto-breakpoint |
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834 @kbd{Mouse-2} on the breakpoint that you wish to visit. |
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835 @end table |
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837 @node Stack Buffer |
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838 @subsubsection Stack Buffer |
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840 The stack buffer displays a @dfn{call stack}, with one line for each |
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842 program. @xref{Backtrace,,info stack, gdb, The GNU debugger}. |
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844 The selected frame is displayed in reverse contrast. Move point to |
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845 any frame in the stack and type @key{RET} to select it (@code{gdb-frames-select}) |
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846 and display the associated source in the source buffer. Alternatively, |
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847 click @kbd{Mouse-2} to make the selected frame become the current one. |
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848 If the locals buffer is displayed then its contents update to display |
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849 the variables that are local to the new frame. |
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852 @subsubsection Watch Expressions |
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853 @cindex Watching expressions in GDB |
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855 If you want to see how a variable changes each time your program stops |
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856 then place the cursor over the variable name and click on the watch |
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857 icon in the toolbar (@code{gud-watch}). |
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859 Each watch expression is displayed in the speedbar. Complex data |
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860 types, such as arrays, structures and unions are represented in a tree |
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861 format. To expand or contract a complex data type, click @kbd{Mouse-2} |
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862 on the tag to the left of the expression. |
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864 @kindex RET @r{(GDB speedbar)} |
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865 @findex gdb-var-delete |
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866 With the cursor over the root expression of a complex data type, type |
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867 @kbd{D} to delete it from the speedbar |
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868 (@code{gdb-var-delete}). |
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870 @findex gdb-edit-value |
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871 With the cursor over a simple data type or an element of a complex |
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872 data type which holds a value, type @key{RET} or click @kbd{Mouse-2} to edit |
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873 its value. A prompt for a new value appears in the mini-buffer |
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874 (@code{gdb-edit-value}). |
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876 If you set the variable @code{gdb-show-changed-values} to |
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877 non-@code{nil} (the default value), then Emacs will use |
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878 font-lock-warning-face to display values that have recently changed in |
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879 the speedbar. |
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881 If you set the variable @code{gdb-use-colon-colon-notation} to a |
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882 non-@code{nil} value, then, in C, Emacs will use the |
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883 FUNCTION::VARIABLE format to display variables in the speedbar. |
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884 Since this does not work for variables defined in compound statements, |
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885 the default value is @code{nil}. |
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887 @node Other Buffers |
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888 @subsubsection Other Buffers |
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890 @table @asis |
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892 If the variable @code{gdb-use-inferior-io-buffer} is non-@code{nil}, |
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894 displays its output here. Some of the commands from shell mode are |
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895 available here. @xref{Shell Mode}. |
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897 @item Locals Buffer |
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898 The locals buffer displays the values of local variables of the |
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899 current frame for simple data types (@pxref{Frame Info,,, gdb, The GNU |
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900 debugger}). |
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902 Arrays and structures display their type only. You must display them |
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903 separately to examine their values. @ref{Watch Expressions}. |
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907 (@pxref{Registers,,, gdb, The GNU debugger}). |
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915 @item Threads Buffer |
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917 The threads buffer displays a summary of all threads currently in your |
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918 program (@pxref{Threads,,, gdb, The GNU debugger}). Move point to |
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919 any thread in the list and type @key{RET} to make it become the |
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920 current thread (@code{gdb-threads-select}) and display the associated |
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921 source in the source buffer. Alternatively, click @kbd{Mouse-2} to |
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922 make the selected thread become the current one. |
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926 The memory buffer allows the user to examine sections of program |
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927 memory (@pxref{Memory,,, gdb, The GNU debugger}). Click @kbd{Mouse-1} |
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928 on the appropriate part of the header line to change the starting |
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929 address or number of data items that the buffer displays. |
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930 Click @kbd{Mouse-3} on the header line to select the display format |
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931 or unit size for these data items. |
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936 @section Executing Lisp Expressions | |
937 | |
938 Emacs has several different major modes for Lisp and Scheme. They are | |
939 the same in terms of editing commands, but differ in the commands for | |
940 executing Lisp expressions. Each mode has its own purpose. | |
941 | |
942 @table @asis | |
943 @item Emacs-Lisp mode | |
944 The mode for editing source files of programs to run in Emacs Lisp. | |
945 This mode defines @kbd{C-M-x} to evaluate the current defun. | |
946 @xref{Lisp Libraries}. | |
947 @item Lisp Interaction mode | |
948 The mode for an interactive session with Emacs Lisp. It defines | |
949 @kbd{C-j} to evaluate the sexp before point and insert its value in the | |
950 buffer. @xref{Lisp Interaction}. | |
951 @item Lisp mode | |
952 The mode for editing source files of programs that run in Lisps other | |
953 than Emacs Lisp. This mode defines @kbd{C-M-x} to send the current defun | |
954 to an inferior Lisp process. @xref{External Lisp}. | |
955 @item Inferior Lisp mode | |
956 The mode for an interactive session with an inferior Lisp process. | |
957 This mode combines the special features of Lisp mode and Shell mode | |
958 (@pxref{Shell Mode}). | |
959 @item Scheme mode | |
960 Like Lisp mode but for Scheme programs. | |
961 @item Inferior Scheme mode | |
962 The mode for an interactive session with an inferior Scheme process. | |
963 @end table | |
964 | |
965 Most editing commands for working with Lisp programs are in fact | |
966 available globally. @xref{Programs}. | |
967 | |
968 @node Lisp Libraries | |
969 @section Libraries of Lisp Code for Emacs | |
970 @cindex libraries | |
971 @cindex loading Lisp code | |
972 | |
973 Lisp code for Emacs editing commands is stored in files whose names | |
974 conventionally end in @file{.el}. This ending tells Emacs to edit them in | |
975 Emacs-Lisp mode (@pxref{Executing Lisp}). | |
976 | |
977 @findex load-file | |
978 To execute a file of Emacs Lisp code, use @kbd{M-x load-file}. This | |
979 command reads a file name using the minibuffer and then executes the | |
980 contents of that file as Lisp code. It is not necessary to visit the | |
981 file first; in any case, this command reads the file as found on disk, | |
982 not text in an Emacs buffer. | |
983 | |
984 @findex load | |
985 @findex load-library | |
986 Once a file of Lisp code is installed in the Emacs Lisp library | |
987 directories, users can load it using @kbd{M-x load-library}. Programs can | |
988 load it by calling @code{load-library}, or with @code{load}, a more primitive | |
989 function that is similar but accepts some additional arguments. | |
990 | |
991 @kbd{M-x load-library} differs from @kbd{M-x load-file} in that it | |
992 searches a sequence of directories and tries three file names in each | |
993 directory. Suppose your argument is @var{lib}; the three names are | |
994 @file{@var{lib}.elc}, @file{@var{lib}.el}, and lastly just | |
995 @file{@var{lib}}. If @file{@var{lib}.elc} exists, it is by convention | |
996 the result of compiling @file{@var{lib}.el}; it is better to load the | |
997 compiled file, since it will load and run faster. | |
998 | |
999 If @code{load-library} finds that @file{@var{lib}.el} is newer than | |
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1002 it. | |
1003 | |
1004 Because the argument to @code{load-library} is usually not in itself | |
1005 a valid file name, file name completion is not available. Indeed, when | |
1006 using this command, you usually do not know exactly what file name | |
1007 will be used. | |
1008 | |
1009 @vindex load-path | |
1010 The sequence of directories searched by @kbd{M-x load-library} is | |
1011 specified by the variable @code{load-path}, a list of strings that are | |
1012 directory names. The default value of the list contains the directory where | |
1013 the Lisp code for Emacs itself is stored. If you have libraries of | |
1014 your own, put them in a single directory and add that directory | |
1015 to @code{load-path}. @code{nil} in this list stands for the current default | |
1016 directory, but it is probably not a good idea to put @code{nil} in the | |
1017 list. If you find yourself wishing that @code{nil} were in the list, | |
1018 most likely what you really want to do is use @kbd{M-x load-file} | |
1019 this once. | |
1020 | |
1021 @cindex autoload | |
1022 Often you do not have to give any command to load a library, because | |
1023 the commands defined in the library are set up to @dfn{autoload} that | |
1024 library. Trying to run any of those commands calls @code{load} to load | |
1025 the library; this replaces the autoload definitions with the real ones | |
1026 from the library. | |
1027 | |
1028 @cindex byte code | |
1029 Emacs Lisp code can be compiled into byte-code which loads faster, | |
1030 takes up less space when loaded, and executes faster. @xref{Byte | |
1031 Compilation,, Byte Compilation, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}. | |
1032 By convention, the compiled code for a library goes in a separate file | |
1033 whose name consists of the library source file with @samp{c} appended. | |
1034 Thus, the compiled code for @file{foo.el} goes in @file{foo.elc}. | |
1035 That's why @code{load-library} searches for @samp{.elc} files first. | |
1036 | |
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25829 | 1046 @cindex Emacs-Lisp mode |
1047 @cindex mode, Emacs-Lisp | |
1048 | |
1049 @findex emacs-lisp-mode | |
1050 Lisp programs intended to be run in Emacs should be edited in | |
1051 Emacs-Lisp mode; this happens automatically for file names ending in | |
1052 @file{.el}. By contrast, Lisp mode itself is used for editing Lisp | |
1053 programs intended for other Lisp systems. To switch to Emacs-Lisp mode | |
1054 explicitly, use the command @kbd{M-x emacs-lisp-mode}. | |
1055 | |
1056 For testing of Lisp programs to run in Emacs, it is often useful to | |
1057 evaluate part of the program as it is found in the Emacs buffer. For | |
1058 example, after changing the text of a Lisp function definition, | |
1059 evaluating the definition installs the change for future calls to the | |
1060 function. Evaluation of Lisp expressions is also useful in any kind of | |
1061 editing, for invoking noninteractive functions (functions that are | |
1062 not commands). | |
1063 | |
1064 @table @kbd | |
1065 @item M-: | |
1066 Read a single Lisp expression in the minibuffer, evaluate it, and print | |
1067 the value in the echo area (@code{eval-expression}). | |
1068 @item C-x C-e | |
1069 Evaluate the Lisp expression before point, and print the value in the | |
1070 echo area (@code{eval-last-sexp}). | |
1071 @item C-M-x | |
1072 Evaluate the defun containing or after point, and print the value in | |
1073 the echo area (@code{eval-defun}). | |
1074 @item M-x eval-region | |
1075 Evaluate all the Lisp expressions in the region. | |
1076 @item M-x eval-current-buffer | |
1077 Evaluate all the Lisp expressions in the buffer. | |
1078 @end table | |
1079 | |
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1089 @kbd{M-:} (@code{eval-expression}) is the most basic command for evaluating | |
1090 a Lisp expression interactively. It reads the expression using the | |
1091 minibuffer, so you can execute any expression on a buffer regardless of | |
1092 what the buffer contains. When the expression is evaluated, the current | |
1093 buffer is once again the buffer that was current when @kbd{M-:} was | |
1094 typed. | |
1095 | |
1096 @kindex C-M-x @r{(Emacs-Lisp mode)} | |
1097 @findex eval-defun | |
1098 In Emacs-Lisp mode, the key @kbd{C-M-x} is bound to the command | |
1099 @code{eval-defun}, which parses the defun containing or following point | |
1100 as a Lisp expression and evaluates it. The value is printed in the echo | |
1101 area. This command is convenient for installing in the Lisp environment | |
1102 changes that you have just made in the text of a function definition. | |
1103 | |
1104 @kbd{C-M-x} treats @code{defvar} expressions specially. Normally, | |
1105 evaluating a @code{defvar} expression does nothing if the variable it | |
1106 defines already has a value. But @kbd{C-M-x} unconditionally resets the | |
1107 variable to the initial value specified in the @code{defvar} expression. | |
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1113 @kindex C-x C-e | |
1114 @findex eval-last-sexp | |
1115 The command @kbd{C-x C-e} (@code{eval-last-sexp}) evaluates the Lisp | |
1116 expression preceding point in the buffer, and displays the value in the | |
1117 echo area. It is available in all major modes, not just Emacs-Lisp | |
1118 mode. It does not treat @code{defvar} specially. | |
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1125 argument, it inserts the value into the current buffer at point, rather | |
1126 than displaying it in the echo area. The argument's value does not | |
1127 matter. | |
1128 | |
1129 @findex eval-region | |
1130 @findex eval-current-buffer | |
1131 The most general command for evaluating Lisp expressions from a buffer | |
1132 is @code{eval-region}. @kbd{M-x eval-region} parses the text of the | |
1133 region as one or more Lisp expressions, evaluating them one by one. | |
1134 @kbd{M-x eval-current-buffer} is similar but evaluates the entire | |
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25829 | 1137 change individual functions, use @kbd{C-M-x} on each function that you |
1138 change. This keeps the Lisp world in step with the source file. | |
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1151 @section Lisp Interaction Buffers | |
1152 | |
1153 The buffer @samp{*scratch*} which is selected when Emacs starts up is | |
1154 provided for evaluating Lisp expressions interactively inside Emacs. | |
1155 | |
1156 The simplest way to use the @samp{*scratch*} buffer is to insert Lisp | |
1157 expressions and type @kbd{C-j} after each expression. This command | |
1158 reads the Lisp expression before point, evaluates it, and inserts the | |
1159 value in printed representation before point. The result is a complete | |
1160 typescript of the expressions you have evaluated and their values. | |
1161 | |
1162 The @samp{*scratch*} buffer's major mode is Lisp Interaction mode, which | |
1163 is the same as Emacs-Lisp mode except for the binding of @kbd{C-j}. | |
1164 | |
1165 @findex lisp-interaction-mode | |
1166 The rationale for this feature is that Emacs must have a buffer when | |
1167 it starts up, but that buffer is not useful for editing files since a | |
1168 new buffer is made for every file that you visit. The Lisp interpreter | |
1169 typescript is the most useful thing I can think of for the initial | |
1170 buffer to do. Type @kbd{M-x lisp-interaction-mode} to put the current | |
1171 buffer in Lisp Interaction mode. | |
1172 | |
1173 @findex ielm | |
1174 An alternative way of evaluating Emacs Lisp expressions interactively | |
1175 is to use Inferior Emacs-Lisp mode, which provides an interface rather | |
1176 like Shell mode (@pxref{Shell Mode}) for evaluating Emacs Lisp | |
1177 expressions. Type @kbd{M-x ielm} to create an @samp{*ielm*} buffer | |
1178 which uses this mode. | |
1179 | |
1180 @node External Lisp | |
1181 @section Running an External Lisp | |
1182 | |
1183 Emacs has facilities for running programs in other Lisp systems. You can | |
1184 run a Lisp process as an inferior of Emacs, and pass expressions to it to | |
1185 be evaluated. You can also pass changed function definitions directly from | |
1186 the Emacs buffers in which you edit the Lisp programs to the inferior Lisp | |
1187 process. | |
1188 | |
1189 @findex run-lisp | |
1190 @vindex inferior-lisp-program | |
1191 @kindex C-x C-z | |
1192 To run an inferior Lisp process, type @kbd{M-x run-lisp}. This runs | |
1193 the program named @code{lisp}, the same program you would run by typing | |
1194 @code{lisp} as a shell command, with both input and output going through | |
1195 an Emacs buffer named @samp{*lisp*}. That is to say, any ``terminal | |
1196 output'' from Lisp will go into the buffer, advancing point, and any | |
1197 ``terminal input'' for Lisp comes from text in the buffer. (You can | |
1198 change the name of the Lisp executable file by setting the variable | |
1199 @code{inferior-lisp-program}.) | |
1200 | |
1201 To give input to Lisp, go to the end of the buffer and type the input, | |
1202 terminated by @key{RET}. The @samp{*lisp*} buffer is in Inferior Lisp | |
1203 mode, which combines the special characteristics of Lisp mode with most | |
1204 of the features of Shell mode (@pxref{Shell Mode}). The definition of | |
1205 @key{RET} to send a line to a subprocess is one of the features of Shell | |
1206 mode. | |
1207 | |
1208 @findex lisp-mode | |
1209 For the source files of programs to run in external Lisps, use Lisp | |
1210 mode. This mode can be selected with @kbd{M-x lisp-mode}, and is used | |
1211 automatically for files whose names end in @file{.l}, @file{.lsp}, or | |
1212 @file{.lisp}, as most Lisp systems usually expect. | |
1213 | |
1214 @kindex C-M-x @r{(Lisp mode)} | |
1215 @findex lisp-eval-defun | |
1216 When you edit a function in a Lisp program you are running, the easiest | |
1217 way to send the changed definition to the inferior Lisp process is the key | |
1218 @kbd{C-M-x}. In Lisp mode, this runs the function @code{lisp-eval-defun}, | |
1219 which finds the defun around or following point and sends it as input to | |
1220 the Lisp process. (Emacs can send input to any inferior process regardless | |
1221 of what buffer is current.) | |
1222 | |
1223 Contrast the meanings of @kbd{C-M-x} in Lisp mode (for editing programs | |
1224 to be run in another Lisp system) and Emacs-Lisp mode (for editing Lisp | |
1225 programs to be run in Emacs): in both modes it has the effect of installing | |
1226 the function definition that point is in, but the way of doing so is | |
1227 different according to where the relevant Lisp environment is found. | |
1228 @xref{Executing Lisp}. | |
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1230 @ignore | |
1231 arch-tag: 9c3c2f71-b332-4144-8500-3ff9945a50ed | |
1232 @end ignore |