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3 @c 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
38202 | 5 @node Building, Maintaining, Programs, Top |
25829 | 6 @chapter Compiling and Testing Programs |
7 @cindex building programs | |
8 @cindex program building | |
9 @cindex running Lisp functions | |
10 | |
11 The previous chapter discusses the Emacs commands that are useful for | |
12 making changes in programs. This chapter deals with commands that assist | |
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13 in the larger process of compiling and testing programs. |
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15 @menu | |
16 * Compilation:: Compiling programs in languages other | |
17 than Lisp (C, Pascal, etc.). | |
18 * Compilation Mode:: The mode for visiting compiler errors. | |
19 * Compilation Shell:: Customizing your shell properly | |
20 for use in the compilation buffer. | |
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23 * Debuggers:: Running symbolic debuggers for non-Lisp programs. |
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24 * Executing Lisp:: Various modes for editing Lisp programs, |
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26 the Lisp programs. |
25829 | 27 * Libraries: Lisp Libraries. Creating Lisp programs to run in Emacs. |
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28 * Eval: Lisp Eval. Executing a single Lisp expression in Emacs. |
25829 | 29 * Interaction: Lisp Interaction. Executing Lisp in an Emacs buffer. |
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30 * External Lisp:: Communicating through Emacs with a separate Lisp. |
25829 | 31 @end menu |
32 | |
33 @node Compilation | |
34 @section Running Compilations under Emacs | |
35 @cindex inferior process | |
36 @cindex make | |
37 @cindex compilation errors | |
38 @cindex error log | |
39 | |
40 Emacs can run compilers for noninteractive languages such as C and | |
41 Fortran as inferior processes, feeding the error log into an Emacs buffer. | |
42 It can also parse the error messages and show you the source lines where | |
43 compilation errors occurred. | |
44 | |
45 @table @kbd | |
46 @item M-x compile | |
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50 Invoke a compiler with the same command as in the last invocation of |
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53 Kill the running compilation subprocess. |
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55 | |
56 @findex compile | |
57 To run @code{make} or another compilation command, do @kbd{M-x | |
58 compile}. This command reads a shell command line using the minibuffer, | |
59 and then executes the command in an inferior shell, putting output in | |
60 the buffer named @samp{*compilation*}. The current buffer's default | |
61 directory is used as the working directory for the execution of the | |
62 command; normally, therefore, the compilation happens in this | |
63 directory. | |
64 | |
65 @vindex compile-command | |
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86 If you want to watch the compilation transcript as it appears, switch | |
87 to the @samp{*compilation*} buffer and move point to the end of the | |
88 buffer. When point is at the end, new compilation output is inserted | |
89 above point, which remains at the end. If point is not at the end of | |
90 the buffer, it remains fixed while more compilation output is added at | |
91 the end of the buffer. | |
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93 @cindex compilation buffer, keeping point at end |
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95 If you set the variable @code{compilation-scroll-output} to a | |
96 non-@code{nil} value, then the compilation buffer always scrolls to | |
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175 Visit the locus of the error message that point is on. | |
176 This command is used in the compilation buffer. | |
177 @item Mouse-2 | |
178 Visit the locus of the error message that you click on. | |
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187 one. |
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191 @item C-c C-f |
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192 Toggle Next Error Follow minor mode, which makes cursor motion in the |
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195 | |
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203 @kindex M-g M-n |
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204 @kindex M-g n |
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205 @kindex C-x ` |
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206 @findex next-error |
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207 @vindex next-error-highlight |
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209 (@code{next-error}). The character following the @kbd{C-x} is the | |
210 backquote or ``grave accent,'' not the single-quote. This command is | |
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211 available in all buffers, not just in @samp{*compilation*}; it |
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215 this highlighting with the variable @code{next-error-highlight}. |
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218 it moves to the first error's location. Subsequent uses of @kbd{C-x |
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219 `} advance down to subsequent errors. If you visit a specific error |
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220 message with @key{RET} or @kbd{Mouse-2}, subsequent @w{@kbd{C-x `}} |
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221 commands advance from there. When @w{@kbd{C-x `}} gets to the end of the |
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223 an Emacs error. @w{@kbd{C-u C-x `}} starts scanning from the beginning of |
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227 By default, @w{@kbd{C-x `}} skips less important messages. The variable |
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228 @code{compilation-skip-threshold} controls this. If its value is 2, |
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229 @w{@kbd{C-x `}} skips anything less than error, 1 skips anything less |
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230 than warning, and 0 doesn't skip any messages. The default is 1. |
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232 When the window has a left fringe, an arrow in the fringe points to |
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237 the message that far down from the top. The value @code{nil} is |
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238 special: if there's a left fringe, the window doesn't scroll at all |
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239 if the message is already visible. If there is no left fringe, |
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240 @code{nil} means display the message at the top of the window. |
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243 @code{next-error}, Emacs will look for a buffer that contains error |
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245 then for one that previously had @code{next-error} called on it, and |
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246 then at the current buffer. Finally, Emacs looks at all the remaining |
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247 buffers. @code{next-error} signals an error if it can't find any such |
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251 @vindex grep-regexp-alist |
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252 To parse messages from the compiler, Compilation mode uses the |
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255 and the line number from the text of a message. If your compiler isn't |
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260 @findex compilation-next-error |
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261 @findex compilation-previous-error |
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262 @findex compilation-next-file |
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263 @findex compilation-previous-file |
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265 scroll by screenfuls, and @kbd{M-n} (@code{compilation-next-error}) |
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266 and @kbd{M-p} (@code{compilation-previous-error}) to move to the next |
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267 or previous error message. You can also use @kbd{M-@{} |
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268 (@code{compilation-next-file} and @kbd{M-@}} |
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269 (@code{compilation-previous-file}) to move up or down to an error |
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272 @cindex Next Error Follow mode |
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273 @findex next-error-follow-minor-mode |
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274 You can type @kbd{C-c C-f} to toggle Next Error Follow mode. In |
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275 this minor mode, ordinary cursor motion in the compilation buffer |
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280 The features of Compilation mode are also available in a minor mode | |
281 called Compilation Minor mode. This lets you parse error messages in | |
282 any buffer, not just a normal compilation output buffer. Type @kbd{M-x | |
283 compilation-minor-mode} to enable the minor mode. This defines the keys | |
284 @key{RET} and @kbd{Mouse-2}, as in the Compilation major mode. | |
285 | |
286 Compilation minor mode works in any buffer, as long as the contents | |
287 are in a format that it understands. In an Rlogin buffer (@pxref{Remote | |
288 Host}), Compilation minor mode automatically accesses remote source | |
289 files by FTP (@pxref{File Names}). | |
290 | |
291 @node Compilation Shell | |
292 @section Subshells for Compilation | |
293 | |
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295 option for a noninteractive shell. This means, in particular, that |
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298 buffer, it means you have made a mistake in your shell's init file by | |
299 setting the prompt unconditionally. (This init file's name may be | |
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300 @file{.bashrc}, @file{.profile}, @file{.cshrc}, @file{.shrc}, or |
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302 file should set the prompt only if there already is a prompt. Here's |
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305 @example | |
306 if [ "$@{PS1+set@}" = set ] | |
307 then PS1=@dots{} | |
308 fi | |
309 @end example | |
310 | |
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311 @noindent |
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312 And here's how to do it in csh: |
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314 @example |
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319 ought to do only for an interactive shell. You can use the same | |
320 method to conditionalize them. | |
321 | |
322 The MS-DOS ``operating system'' does not support asynchronous | |
323 subprocesses; to work around this lack, @kbd{M-x compile} runs the | |
324 compilation command synchronously on MS-DOS. As a consequence, you must | |
325 wait until the command finishes before you can do anything else in | |
326 Emacs. @xref{MS-DOS}. | |
327 | |
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329 @section Searching with Grep under Emacs |
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331 Just as you can run a compiler from Emacs and then visit the lines |
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332 with compilation errors, you can also run @code{grep} and |
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333 then visit the lines on which matches were found. This works by |
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334 treating the matches reported by @code{grep} as if they were ``errors.'' |
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336 @table @kbd |
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337 @item M-x grep |
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338 Run @code{grep} asynchronously under Emacs, with matching lines |
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339 listed in the buffer named @samp{*grep*}. |
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340 @item M-x grep-find |
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341 @itemx M-x find-grep |
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342 Run @code{grep} via @code{find}, with user-specified arguments, and |
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343 collect output in the buffer named @samp{*grep*}. |
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344 @item M-x kill-grep |
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345 Kill the running @code{grep} subprocess. |
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346 @end table |
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348 @findex grep |
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349 To run @code{grep}, type @kbd{M-x grep}, then enter a command line |
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350 that specifies how to run @code{grep}. Use the same arguments you |
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351 would give @code{grep} when running it normally: a @code{grep}-style |
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352 regexp (usually in single-quotes to quote the shell's special |
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353 characters) followed by file names, which may use wildcards. If you |
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354 specify a prefix argument for @kbd{M-x grep}, it detects the tag |
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355 (@pxref{Tags}) around point, and puts that into the default |
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356 @code{grep} command. |
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360 `}}, @key{RET}, and so forth, just like compilation errors. |
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362 Some grep programs accept a @samp{--color} option to output special |
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368 @findex grep-find |
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369 @findex find-grep |
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371 find-grep}) is similar to @kbd{M-x grep}, but it supplies a different |
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372 initial default for the command---one that runs both @code{find} and |
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373 @code{grep}, so as to search every file in a directory tree. See also |
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61050 | 376 @node Flymake |
377 @section Finding Syntax Errors On The Fly | |
378 @cindex checking syntax | |
379 | |
380 Flymake mode is a minor mode that performs on-the-fly syntax | |
381 checking for many programming and markup languages, including C, C++, | |
382 Perl, HTML, and @TeX{}/La@TeX{}. It is somewhat analogous to Flyspell | |
383 mode, which performs spell checking for ordinary human languages in a | |
384 similar fashion (@pxref{Spelling}). As you edit a file, Flymake mode | |
385 runs an appropriate syntax checking tool in the background, using a | |
386 temporary copy of the buffer. It then parses the error and warning | |
387 messages, and highlights the erroneous lines in the buffer. The | |
388 syntax checking tool used depends on the language; for example, for | |
389 C/C++ files this is usually the C compiler. Flymake can also use | |
390 build tools such as @code{make} for checking complicated projects. | |
391 | |
392 To activate Flymake mode, type @kbd{M-x flymake-mode}. You can move | |
393 to the errors spotted by Flymake mode with @kbd{M-x | |
394 flymake-goto-next-error} and @kbd{M-x flymake-goto-prev-error}. To | |
395 display any error messages associated with the current line, use | |
396 @kbd{M-x flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line}. | |
397 | |
398 For more details about using Flymake, see @ref{Top, Flymake, | |
399 Flymake, flymake, The Flymake Manual}. | |
400 | |
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402 @section Running Debuggers Under Emacs | |
403 @cindex debuggers | |
404 @cindex GUD library | |
405 @cindex GDB | |
406 @cindex DBX | |
407 @cindex SDB | |
408 @cindex XDB | |
409 @cindex Perldb | |
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412 @cindex PDB | |
413 | |
414 @c Do you believe in GUD? | |
415 The GUD (Grand Unified Debugger) library provides an interface to | |
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417 debugger GDB, which is free software, but GUD can also run DBX, SDB or |
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418 XDB. GUD can also serve as an interface to Perl's debugging mode, the |
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419 Python debugger PDB, the Bash debugger, and to JDB, the Java Debugger. |
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420 @xref{Debugging,, The Lisp Debugger, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference |
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421 Manual}, for information on debugging Emacs Lisp programs. |
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423 @menu | |
424 * Starting GUD:: How to start a debugger subprocess. | |
425 * Debugger Operation:: Connection between the debugger and source buffers. | |
426 * Commands of GUD:: Key bindings for common commands. | |
427 * GUD Customization:: Defining your own commands for GUD. | |
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432 | |
433 @node Starting GUD | |
434 @subsection Starting GUD | |
435 | |
436 There are several commands for starting a debugger, each corresponding | |
437 to a particular debugger program. | |
438 | |
439 @table @kbd | |
440 @item M-x gdb @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} | |
441 @findex gdb | |
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442 Run GDB as a subprocess of Emacs. By default, this uses an IDE-like |
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447 @findex dbx | |
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448 Run DBX as a subprocess of Emacs. Since Emacs does not implement a |
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449 graphical interface for DBX, communication with DBX works by typing |
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451 the other supported debuggers. |
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453 @item M-x xdb @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} | |
454 @findex xdb | |
455 @vindex gud-xdb-directories | |
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456 Similar, but run XDB. Use the variable |
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458 files. | |
459 | |
460 @item M-x sdb @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} | |
461 @findex sdb | |
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462 Similar, but run SDB. |
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464 Some versions of SDB do not mention source file names in their | |
465 messages. When you use them, you need to have a valid tags table | |
466 (@pxref{Tags}) in order for GUD to find functions in the source code. | |
467 If you have not visited a tags table or the tags table doesn't list one | |
468 of the functions, you get a message saying @samp{The sdb support | |
469 requires a valid tags table to work}. If this happens, generate a valid | |
470 tags table in the working directory and try again. | |
471 | |
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473 @findex bashdb |
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474 Run the bash debugger to debug @var{file}, a shell script. |
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477 @findex perldb | |
478 Run the Perl interpreter in debug mode to debug @var{file}, a Perl program. | |
479 | |
480 @item M-x jdb @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} | |
481 @findex jdb | |
482 Run the Java debugger to debug @var{file}. | |
483 | |
484 @item M-x pdb @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} | |
485 @findex pdb | |
486 Run the Python debugger to debug @var{file}. | |
487 @end table | |
488 | |
489 Each of these commands takes one argument: a command line to invoke | |
490 the debugger. In the simplest case, specify just the name of the | |
491 executable file you want to debug. You may also use options that the | |
492 debugger supports. However, shell wildcards and variables are not | |
493 allowed. GUD assumes that the first argument not starting with a | |
494 @samp{-} is the executable file name. | |
495 | |
496 @node Debugger Operation | |
497 @subsection Debugger Operation | |
498 | |
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503 debugging also use this buffer. |
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543 @subsection Commands of GUD | |
544 | |
545 The GUD interaction buffer uses a variant of Shell mode, so the | |
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564 @table @kbd | |
565 @item C-x @key{SPC} | |
566 @kindex C-x SPC | |
567 Set a breakpoint on the source line that point is on. | |
568 @end table | |
569 | |
570 @kindex C-x C-a @r{(GUD)} | |
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573 buffer. The key bindings that start with @kbd{C-x C-a} are available in | |
574 the GUD interaction buffer and also in source files. | |
575 | |
576 @table @kbd | |
577 @item C-c C-l | |
578 @kindex C-c C-l @r{(GUD)} | |
579 @itemx C-x C-a C-l | |
580 @findex gud-refresh | |
581 Display in another window the last line referred to in the GUD | |
582 buffer (that is, the line indicated in the last location message). | |
583 This runs the command @code{gud-refresh}. | |
584 | |
585 @item C-c C-s | |
586 @kindex C-c C-s @r{(GUD)} | |
587 @itemx C-x C-a C-s | |
588 @findex gud-step | |
589 Execute a single line of code (@code{gud-step}). If the line contains | |
590 a function call, execution stops after entering the called function. | |
591 | |
592 @item C-c C-n | |
593 @kindex C-c C-n @r{(GUD)} | |
594 @itemx C-x C-a C-n | |
595 @findex gud-next | |
596 Execute a single line of code, stepping across entire function calls | |
597 at full speed (@code{gud-next}). | |
598 | |
599 @item C-c C-i | |
600 @kindex C-c C-i @r{(GUD)} | |
601 @itemx C-x C-a C-i | |
602 @findex gud-stepi | |
603 Execute a single machine instruction (@code{gud-stepi}). | |
604 | |
605 @need 3000 | |
606 @item C-c C-r | |
607 @kindex C-c C-r @r{(GUD)} | |
608 @itemx C-x C-a C-r | |
609 @findex gud-cont | |
610 Continue execution without specifying any stopping point. The program | |
611 will run until it hits a breakpoint, terminates, or gets a signal that | |
612 the debugger is checking for (@code{gud-cont}). | |
613 | |
614 @need 1000 | |
615 @item C-c C-d | |
616 @kindex C-c C-d @r{(GUD)} | |
617 @itemx C-x C-a C-d | |
618 @findex gud-remove | |
619 Delete the breakpoint(s) on the current source line, if any | |
620 (@code{gud-remove}). If you use this command in the GUD interaction | |
621 buffer, it applies to the line where the program last stopped. | |
622 | |
623 @item C-c C-t | |
624 @kindex C-c C-t @r{(GUD)} | |
625 @itemx C-x C-a C-t | |
626 @findex gud-tbreak | |
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631 | |
632 The above commands are common to all supported debuggers. If you are | |
633 using GDB or (some versions of) DBX, these additional commands are available: | |
634 | |
635 @table @kbd | |
636 @item C-c < | |
637 @kindex C-c < @r{(GUD)} | |
638 @itemx C-x C-a < | |
639 @findex gud-up | |
640 Select the next enclosing stack frame (@code{gud-up}). This is | |
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643 @item C-c > | |
644 @kindex C-c > @r{(GUD)} | |
645 @itemx C-x C-a > | |
646 @findex gud-down | |
647 Select the next inner stack frame (@code{gud-down}). This is | |
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650 | |
651 If you are using GDB, these additional key bindings are available: | |
652 | |
653 @table @kbd | |
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670 @kindex TAB @r{(GUD)} | |
671 @findex gud-gdb-complete-command | |
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675 @item C-c C-f | |
676 @kindex C-c C-f @r{(GUD)} | |
677 @itemx C-x C-a C-f | |
678 @findex gud-finish | |
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693 | |
694 These commands interpret a numeric argument as a repeat count, when | |
695 that makes sense. | |
696 | |
697 Because @key{TAB} serves as a completion command, you can't use it to | |
698 enter a tab as input to the program you are debugging with GDB. | |
699 Instead, type @kbd{C-q @key{TAB}} to enter a tab. | |
700 | |
701 @node GUD Customization | |
702 @subsection GUD Customization | |
703 | |
704 @vindex gdb-mode-hook | |
705 @vindex dbx-mode-hook | |
706 @vindex sdb-mode-hook | |
707 @vindex xdb-mode-hook | |
708 @vindex perldb-mode-hook | |
709 @vindex pdb-mode-hook | |
710 @vindex jdb-mode-hook | |
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713 if you are using GDB; @code{dbx-mode-hook}, if you are using DBX; | |
714 @code{sdb-mode-hook}, if you are using SDB; @code{xdb-mode-hook}, if you | |
715 are using XDB; @code{perldb-mode-hook}, for Perl debugging mode; | |
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25829 | 718 use these hooks to define custom key bindings for the debugger |
719 interaction buffer. @xref{Hooks}. | |
720 | |
721 Here is a convenient way to define a command that sends a particular | |
722 command string to the debugger, and set up a key binding for it in the | |
723 debugger interaction buffer: | |
724 | |
725 @findex gud-def | |
726 @example | |
727 (gud-def @var{function} @var{cmdstring} @var{binding} @var{docstring}) | |
728 @end example | |
729 | |
730 This defines a command named @var{function} which sends | |
731 @var{cmdstring} to the debugger process, and gives it the documentation | |
38743 | 732 string @var{docstring}. You can then use the command @var{function} in any |
25829 | 733 buffer. If @var{binding} is non-@code{nil}, @code{gud-def} also binds |
734 the command to @kbd{C-c @var{binding}} in the GUD buffer's mode and to | |
735 @kbd{C-x C-a @var{binding}} generally. | |
736 | |
737 The command string @var{cmdstring} may contain certain | |
738 @samp{%}-sequences that stand for data to be filled in at the time | |
739 @var{function} is called: | |
740 | |
741 @table @samp | |
742 @item %f | |
743 The name of the current source file. If the current buffer is the GUD | |
744 buffer, then the ``current source file'' is the file that the program | |
745 stopped in. | |
746 @c This said, ``the name of the file the program counter was in at the last breakpoint.'' | |
747 @c But I suspect it is really the last stop file. | |
748 | |
749 @item %l | |
750 The number of the current source line. If the current buffer is the GUD | |
751 buffer, then the ``current source line'' is the line that the program | |
752 stopped in. | |
753 | |
754 @item %e | |
755 The text of the C lvalue or function-call expression at or adjacent to point. | |
756 | |
757 @item %a | |
758 The text of the hexadecimal address at or adjacent to point. | |
759 | |
760 @item %p | |
761 The numeric argument of the called function, as a decimal number. If | |
762 the command is used without a numeric argument, @samp{%p} stands for the | |
763 empty string. | |
764 | |
765 If you don't use @samp{%p} in the command string, the command you define | |
766 ignores any numeric argument. | |
767 @end table | |
768 | |
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786 @kbd{Mouse-1} (@code{gdb-mouse-until}), execution will continue to the |
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789 the fringe of this buffer and execution will advance to there. |
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798 do this, set @code{gud-gdb-command-name} to @code{"gdb --fullname"} or |
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868 When you finish debugging, kill the GUD buffer with @kbd{C-x k}, |
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872 restart execution, GDB will automatically find your new executable. |
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873 Keeping the GUD buffer has the advantage of keeping the shell history |
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878 @node Breakpoints Buffer |
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883 these special commands, which mostly apply to the @dfn{current |
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888 @kindex SPC @r{(GDB breakpoints buffer)} |
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889 @findex gdb-toggle-breakpoint |
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893 the breakpoint is enabled and grey when it is disabled. Text-only |
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897 @kindex D @r{(GDB breakpoints buffer)} |
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898 @findex gdb-delete-breakpoint |
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904 Visit the source line for the current breakpoint |
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908 @kindex Mouse-2 @r{(GDB breakpoints buffer)} |
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909 Visit the source line for the breakpoint you click on. |
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912 @node Stack Buffer |
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913 @subsubsection Stack Buffer |
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917 program. @xref{Backtrace,, Backtraces, gdb, The GNU debugger}. |
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919 @findex gdb-frames-select |
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920 The selected frame number is displayed in reverse contrast. To |
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921 select a frame in GDB, move point in the stack buffer to that stack |
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922 frame and type @key{RET} (@code{gdb-frames-select}), or click |
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923 @kbd{Mouse-2} on a stack frame. If the locals buffer is visible, |
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924 selecting a stack frame updates it to display the local variables of |
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925 the new frame. |
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928 @subsubsection Watch Expressions |
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931 @findex gud-watch |
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932 If you want to see how a variable changes each time your program |
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933 stops, move point into the variable name and click on the watch icon |
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934 in the tool bar (@code{gud-watch}). |
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936 Each watch expression is displayed in the speedbar. Complex data |
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937 types, such as arrays, structures and unions are represented in a tree |
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938 format. Leaves and simple data types show the name of the expression |
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939 and its value and, when the speedbar frame is selected, display the |
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940 type as a tooltip. Higher levels show the name, type and address |
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941 value for pointers and just the name and type otherwise. |
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943 To expand or contract a complex data type, click @kbd{Mouse-2} |
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944 on the tag to the left of the expression. |
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946 @findex gdb-var-delete |
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947 To delete a complex watch expression, move point to the root |
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950 @kindex RET @r{(GDB speedbar)} |
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951 @findex gdb-edit-value |
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959 non-@code{nil} (the default value), Emacs uses |
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960 @code{font-lock-warning-face} to highlight values that have recently |
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962 scope less noticeable. When a variable goes out of scope you can't |
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970 @code{nil}. |
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972 @vindex gdb-speedbar-auto-raise |
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973 To automatically raise the speedbar every time the display of watch |
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25829 | 1043 @node Executing Lisp |
1044 @section Executing Lisp Expressions | |
1045 | |
1046 Emacs has several different major modes for Lisp and Scheme. They are | |
1047 the same in terms of editing commands, but differ in the commands for | |
1048 executing Lisp expressions. Each mode has its own purpose. | |
1049 | |
1050 @table @asis | |
1051 @item Emacs-Lisp mode | |
1052 The mode for editing source files of programs to run in Emacs Lisp. | |
1053 This mode defines @kbd{C-M-x} to evaluate the current defun. | |
1054 @xref{Lisp Libraries}. | |
1055 @item Lisp Interaction mode | |
1056 The mode for an interactive session with Emacs Lisp. It defines | |
1057 @kbd{C-j} to evaluate the sexp before point and insert its value in the | |
1058 buffer. @xref{Lisp Interaction}. | |
1059 @item Lisp mode | |
1060 The mode for editing source files of programs that run in Lisps other | |
1061 than Emacs Lisp. This mode defines @kbd{C-M-x} to send the current defun | |
1062 to an inferior Lisp process. @xref{External Lisp}. | |
1063 @item Inferior Lisp mode | |
1064 The mode for an interactive session with an inferior Lisp process. | |
1065 This mode combines the special features of Lisp mode and Shell mode | |
1066 (@pxref{Shell Mode}). | |
1067 @item Scheme mode | |
1068 Like Lisp mode but for Scheme programs. | |
1069 @item Inferior Scheme mode | |
1070 The mode for an interactive session with an inferior Scheme process. | |
1071 @end table | |
1072 | |
1073 Most editing commands for working with Lisp programs are in fact | |
1074 available globally. @xref{Programs}. | |
1075 | |
1076 @node Lisp Libraries | |
1077 @section Libraries of Lisp Code for Emacs | |
1078 @cindex libraries | |
1079 @cindex loading Lisp code | |
1080 | |
1081 Lisp code for Emacs editing commands is stored in files whose names | |
1082 conventionally end in @file{.el}. This ending tells Emacs to edit them in | |
1083 Emacs-Lisp mode (@pxref{Executing Lisp}). | |
1084 | |
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1088 Byte Compilation, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}. By |
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1089 convention, the compiled code for a library goes in a separate file |
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1094 To execute a file of Emacs Lisp code, use @kbd{M-x load-file}. This | |
1095 command reads a file name using the minibuffer and then executes the | |
1096 contents of that file as Lisp code. It is not necessary to visit the | |
1097 file first; in any case, this command reads the file as found on disk, | |
1098 not text in an Emacs buffer. | |
1099 | |
1100 @findex load | |
1101 @findex load-library | |
1102 Once a file of Lisp code is installed in the Emacs Lisp library | |
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1107 @kbd{M-x load-library} differs from @kbd{M-x load-file} in that it | |
1108 searches a sequence of directories and tries three file names in each | |
1109 directory. Suppose your argument is @var{lib}; the three names are | |
1110 @file{@var{lib}.elc}, @file{@var{lib}.el}, and lastly just | |
1111 @file{@var{lib}}. If @file{@var{lib}.elc} exists, it is by convention | |
1112 the result of compiling @file{@var{lib}.el}; it is better to load the | |
1113 compiled file, since it will load and run faster. | |
1114 | |
1115 If @code{load-library} finds that @file{@var{lib}.el} is newer than | |
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1122 Because the argument to @code{load-library} is usually not in itself | |
1123 a valid file name, file name completion is not available. Indeed, when | |
1124 using this command, you usually do not know exactly what file name | |
1125 will be used. | |
1126 | |
1127 @vindex load-path | |
1128 The sequence of directories searched by @kbd{M-x load-library} is | |
1129 specified by the variable @code{load-path}, a list of strings that are | |
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1130 directory names. The default value of the list contains the directories where |
25829 | 1131 the Lisp code for Emacs itself is stored. If you have libraries of |
1132 your own, put them in a single directory and add that directory | |
1133 to @code{load-path}. @code{nil} in this list stands for the current default | |
1134 directory, but it is probably not a good idea to put @code{nil} in the | |
1135 list. If you find yourself wishing that @code{nil} were in the list, | |
1136 most likely what you really want to do is use @kbd{M-x load-file} | |
1137 this once. | |
1138 | |
1139 @cindex autoload | |
1140 Often you do not have to give any command to load a library, because | |
1141 the commands defined in the library are set up to @dfn{autoload} that | |
1142 library. Trying to run any of those commands calls @code{load} to load | |
1143 the library; this replaces the autoload definitions with the real ones | |
1144 from the library. | |
1145 | |
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25829 | 1155 @cindex Emacs-Lisp mode |
1156 @cindex mode, Emacs-Lisp | |
1157 | |
1158 @findex emacs-lisp-mode | |
1159 Lisp programs intended to be run in Emacs should be edited in | |
1160 Emacs-Lisp mode; this happens automatically for file names ending in | |
1161 @file{.el}. By contrast, Lisp mode itself is used for editing Lisp | |
1162 programs intended for other Lisp systems. To switch to Emacs-Lisp mode | |
1163 explicitly, use the command @kbd{M-x emacs-lisp-mode}. | |
1164 | |
1165 For testing of Lisp programs to run in Emacs, it is often useful to | |
1166 evaluate part of the program as it is found in the Emacs buffer. For | |
1167 example, after changing the text of a Lisp function definition, | |
1168 evaluating the definition installs the change for future calls to the | |
1169 function. Evaluation of Lisp expressions is also useful in any kind of | |
1170 editing, for invoking noninteractive functions (functions that are | |
1171 not commands). | |
1172 | |
1173 @table @kbd | |
1174 @item M-: | |
1175 Read a single Lisp expression in the minibuffer, evaluate it, and print | |
1176 the value in the echo area (@code{eval-expression}). | |
1177 @item C-x C-e | |
1178 Evaluate the Lisp expression before point, and print the value in the | |
1179 echo area (@code{eval-last-sexp}). | |
1180 @item C-M-x | |
1181 Evaluate the defun containing or after point, and print the value in | |
1182 the echo area (@code{eval-defun}). | |
1183 @item M-x eval-region | |
1184 Evaluate all the Lisp expressions in the region. | |
1185 @item M-x eval-current-buffer | |
1186 Evaluate all the Lisp expressions in the buffer. | |
1187 @end table | |
1188 | |
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1198 @kbd{M-:} (@code{eval-expression}) is the most basic command for evaluating | |
1199 a Lisp expression interactively. It reads the expression using the | |
1200 minibuffer, so you can execute any expression on a buffer regardless of | |
1201 what the buffer contains. When the expression is evaluated, the current | |
1202 buffer is once again the buffer that was current when @kbd{M-:} was | |
1203 typed. | |
1204 | |
1205 @kindex C-M-x @r{(Emacs-Lisp mode)} | |
1206 @findex eval-defun | |
1207 In Emacs-Lisp mode, the key @kbd{C-M-x} is bound to the command | |
1208 @code{eval-defun}, which parses the defun containing or following point | |
1209 as a Lisp expression and evaluates it. The value is printed in the echo | |
1210 area. This command is convenient for installing in the Lisp environment | |
1211 changes that you have just made in the text of a function definition. | |
1212 | |
1213 @kbd{C-M-x} treats @code{defvar} expressions specially. Normally, | |
1214 evaluating a @code{defvar} expression does nothing if the variable it | |
1215 defines already has a value. But @kbd{C-M-x} unconditionally resets the | |
1216 variable to the initial value specified in the @code{defvar} expression. | |
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25829 | 1218 This special feature is convenient for debugging Lisp programs. |
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1220 the face according to the @code{defface} specification. |
25829 | 1221 |
1222 @kindex C-x C-e | |
1223 @findex eval-last-sexp | |
1224 The command @kbd{C-x C-e} (@code{eval-last-sexp}) evaluates the Lisp | |
1225 expression preceding point in the buffer, and displays the value in the | |
1226 echo area. It is available in all major modes, not just Emacs-Lisp | |
1227 mode. It does not treat @code{defvar} specially. | |
1228 | |
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1239 @findex eval-region | |
1240 @findex eval-current-buffer | |
1241 The most general command for evaluating Lisp expressions from a buffer | |
1242 is @code{eval-region}. @kbd{M-x eval-region} parses the text of the | |
1243 region as one or more Lisp expressions, evaluating them one by one. | |
1244 @kbd{M-x eval-current-buffer} is similar but evaluates the entire | |
1245 buffer. This is a reasonable way to install the contents of a file of | |
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25829 | 1247 change individual functions, use @kbd{C-M-x} on each function that you |
1248 change. This keeps the Lisp world in step with the source file. | |
1249 | |
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25829 | 1260 @node Lisp Interaction |
1261 @section Lisp Interaction Buffers | |
1262 | |
1263 The buffer @samp{*scratch*} which is selected when Emacs starts up is | |
1264 provided for evaluating Lisp expressions interactively inside Emacs. | |
1265 | |
1266 The simplest way to use the @samp{*scratch*} buffer is to insert Lisp | |
1267 expressions and type @kbd{C-j} after each expression. This command | |
1268 reads the Lisp expression before point, evaluates it, and inserts the | |
1269 value in printed representation before point. The result is a complete | |
1270 typescript of the expressions you have evaluated and their values. | |
1271 | |
1272 The @samp{*scratch*} buffer's major mode is Lisp Interaction mode, which | |
1273 is the same as Emacs-Lisp mode except for the binding of @kbd{C-j}. | |
1274 | |
1275 @findex lisp-interaction-mode | |
1276 The rationale for this feature is that Emacs must have a buffer when | |
1277 it starts up, but that buffer is not useful for editing files since a | |
1278 new buffer is made for every file that you visit. The Lisp interpreter | |
1279 typescript is the most useful thing I can think of for the initial | |
1280 buffer to do. Type @kbd{M-x lisp-interaction-mode} to put the current | |
1281 buffer in Lisp Interaction mode. | |
1282 | |
1283 @findex ielm | |
1284 An alternative way of evaluating Emacs Lisp expressions interactively | |
1285 is to use Inferior Emacs-Lisp mode, which provides an interface rather | |
1286 like Shell mode (@pxref{Shell Mode}) for evaluating Emacs Lisp | |
1287 expressions. Type @kbd{M-x ielm} to create an @samp{*ielm*} buffer | |
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1291 @node External Lisp | |
1292 @section Running an External Lisp | |
1293 | |
1294 Emacs has facilities for running programs in other Lisp systems. You can | |
1295 run a Lisp process as an inferior of Emacs, and pass expressions to it to | |
1296 be evaluated. You can also pass changed function definitions directly from | |
1297 the Emacs buffers in which you edit the Lisp programs to the inferior Lisp | |
1298 process. | |
1299 | |
1300 @findex run-lisp | |
1301 @vindex inferior-lisp-program | |
1302 @kindex C-x C-z | |
1303 To run an inferior Lisp process, type @kbd{M-x run-lisp}. This runs | |
1304 the program named @code{lisp}, the same program you would run by typing | |
1305 @code{lisp} as a shell command, with both input and output going through | |
1306 an Emacs buffer named @samp{*lisp*}. That is to say, any ``terminal | |
1307 output'' from Lisp will go into the buffer, advancing point, and any | |
1308 ``terminal input'' for Lisp comes from text in the buffer. (You can | |
1309 change the name of the Lisp executable file by setting the variable | |
1310 @code{inferior-lisp-program}.) | |
1311 | |
1312 To give input to Lisp, go to the end of the buffer and type the input, | |
1313 terminated by @key{RET}. The @samp{*lisp*} buffer is in Inferior Lisp | |
1314 mode, which combines the special characteristics of Lisp mode with most | |
1315 of the features of Shell mode (@pxref{Shell Mode}). The definition of | |
1316 @key{RET} to send a line to a subprocess is one of the features of Shell | |
1317 mode. | |
1318 | |
1319 @findex lisp-mode | |
1320 For the source files of programs to run in external Lisps, use Lisp | |
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1325 @kindex C-M-x @r{(Lisp mode)} | |
1326 @findex lisp-eval-defun | |
1327 When you edit a function in a Lisp program you are running, the easiest | |
1328 way to send the changed definition to the inferior Lisp process is the key | |
1329 @kbd{C-M-x}. In Lisp mode, this runs the function @code{lisp-eval-defun}, | |
1330 which finds the defun around or following point and sends it as input to | |
1331 the Lisp process. (Emacs can send input to any inferior process regardless | |
1332 of what buffer is current.) | |
1333 | |
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1342 @ignore | |
1343 arch-tag: 9c3c2f71-b332-4144-8500-3ff9945a50ed | |
1344 @end ignore |