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bug#13336: 24.3.50; `next-frame' should not choose a frame (e.g. *Backtr
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bug#13336: 24.3.50; `next-frame' should not choose a frame (e.g. *Backtrace*) that did not exist when it was invoked |
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Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:22:53 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) |
retitle 13336 `next-frame' should not choose the *Backtrace* frame while
debugging
quit
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>
> At least in the case of *Backtrace*, which is perhaps a special
> case, it makes no difference whether the frame exists by the
> time `next-frame' is called. Backtrace acts specially: it does
> not take its own context into account, but instead reflects the
> state of the rest of Emacs. The debugger should not return the
> *Backtrace* frame.
Ah okay, a special case for *Backtrace* could make sense. Although I
forsee some tricky edge cases since *Backtrace* is a buffer, not a
frame.