diff lispref/edebug.texi @ 52840:590f500fb14b

(Edebug Execution Modes): Clarify t. Document edebug-sit-for-seconds. (Coverage Testing): Document C-x X = and =. (Instrumenting Macro Calls): Fix typo. (Specification List): Don't index the specification keywords.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:23:30 +0000
parents 695cf19ef79e
children 3e34838fbfac
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--- a/lispref/edebug.texi	Mon Oct 13 18:50:35 2003 +0000
+++ b/lispref/edebug.texi	Mon Oct 13 19:23:30 2003 +0000
@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@
 @ref{Edebug Misc}.
 
 @item t
-Trace: pause one second at each Edebug stop point (@code{edebug-trace-mode}).
+Trace: pause (normally one second) at each Edebug stop point
+(@code{edebug-trace-mode}).
 
 @item T
 Rapid trace: update the display at each stop point, but don't actually
@@ -307,6 +308,10 @@
 several times if, for example, an instrumented function is called
 several times from one command.
 
+@defopt edebug-sit-for-seconds
+This option specifies how many seconds to wait between execution steps
+in trace mode.  The default is 1 second.
+@end defvar
 
 @node Jumping
 @subsection Jumping
@@ -871,8 +876,12 @@
 execution mode is Go-nonstop, and regardless of whether coverage testing
 is enabled.
 
-  Use @kbd{M-x edebug-display-freq-count} to display both the
-coverage information and the frequency counts for a definition.
+@kindex C-x X =
+@findex edebug-temp-display-freq-count
+  Use @kbd{C-x X =} (@code{edebug-display-freq-count}) to display both
+the coverage information and the frequency counts for a definition.
+Just @kbd{=} (@code{edebug-temp-display-freq-count}) displays the same
+information temporarily, only until you type another key.
 
 @deffn Command edebug-display-freq-count
 This command displays the frequency count data for each line of the
@@ -1077,7 +1086,7 @@
   ...)
 @end example
 
-  The Edebug specifation says which parts of a call to the macro are
+  The Edebug specification says which parts of a call to the macro are
 forms to be evaluated.  For simple macros, the @var{specification}
 often looks very similar to the formal argument list of the macro
 definition, but specifications are much more general than macro
@@ -1184,7 +1193,7 @@
 A lambda expression with no quoting.
 
 @item &optional
-@kindex &optional @r{(Edebug)}
+@c @kindex &optional @r{(Edebug)}
 All following elements in the specification list are optional; as soon
 as one does not match, Edebug stops matching at this level.
 
@@ -1194,7 +1203,7 @@
 [@var{specs}@dots{}]}.  See the @code{defun} example below.
 
 @item &rest
-@kindex &rest @r{(Edebug)}
+@c @kindex &rest @r{(Edebug)}
 All following elements in the specification list are repeated zero or
 more times.  In the last repetition, however, it is not a problem if the
 expression runs out before matching all of the elements of the
@@ -1205,7 +1214,7 @@
 @code{&rest [@var{specs}@dots{}]}.
 
 @item &or
-@kindex &or @r{(Edebug)}
+@c @kindex &or @r{(Edebug)}
 Each of the following elements in the specification list is an
 alternative.  One of the alternatives must match, or the @code{&or}
 specification fails.
@@ -1215,14 +1224,14 @@
 @code{[@dots{}]}.
 
 @item &not
-@kindex &not @r{(Edebug)}
+@c @kindex &not @r{(Edebug)}
 Each of the following elements is matched as alternatives as if by using
 @code{&or}, but if any of them match, the specification fails.  If none
 of them match, nothing is matched, but the @code{&not} specification
 succeeds.
 
 @item &define
-@kindex &define @r{(Edebug)}
+@c @kindex &define @r{(Edebug)}
 Indicates that the specification is for a defining form.  The defining
 form itself is not instrumented (that is, Edebug does not stop before and
 after the defining form), but forms inside it typically will be