Re: Backtraces on server?

[Stefan Monnier]

> Is is by design that the server doesn't print backtraces, or am
> I doing something silly?
>
>     $ emacs -Q --eval '(setq server-name "test")' --daemon
>
>     $ emacsclient -s test --eval "(progn (setq debug-on-error t) (/ 1 0))"
>     *ERROR*: Arithmetic error
>
>     $ emacsclient -s test --eval "(progn (setq noninteractive t) (setq 
> debug-on-error t) (/ 1 0))"
>     *ERROR*: Arithmetic error

IIRC server.el runs the expression within a condition-case so as to send
the error back to the client, and debug-on-error only kicks in for
errors that aren't caught by any condition-case.

We could use the condition-case-unless-debug construct there, but you
still wouldn't see the backtrace in the client.


        Stefan