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Re: Lisp backtrace


From: Nick Roberts
Subject: Re: Lisp backtrace
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:11 +1300

 >     When debug-on-error is enabled and an error occurs, a backtrace is
 >     generated.  Clicking on a function in the stack opens a buffer with the
 >     cursor at the start of the function.  It would be more useful to place
 >     the cursor at the point of execution within that function.
 > 
 > There is no information in a compiled function to relate the point of
 > execution to a place in the source.  The byte compiler maintains that
 > data structure for generating error messages, but does not output it
 > into a .elc file.

OK.  Clicking on the function, evaluating it and then regenerating the
backtrace seems to work quite well.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob




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