have two confmacs* abbrevs and update & improve comment

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 02185e93..dbc8c7db 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -2448,27 +2448,41 @@ Called by '~/src/dotfiles/bin/emacsclient --spw/update-environment'."
 ;; - Emacs's Makefile rules for the .eln files are as yet somewhat flaky,
 ;;   meaning that they don't always get recompiled when they need to.
 ;;
-;; Most of the time I'm working either on things other than Emacs or on Emacs
-;; at the Lisp level, and these etc/DEBUG-recommended options, other than
-;; --enable-check-lisp-object-type, really do slow Emacs down.  It is quite
-;; quick to reconfigure and rebuild Emacs's C core with and without debug
-;; flags (the .elc and .eln stick around).  Use an abbrev, without "&& make",
-;; to make it easy to reconfigure without the flags.  This also makes it quick
-;; to reconfigure without --enable-check-lisp-object-type, for example, so
-;; that Lisp objects aren't structs and can be used in break point conditions.
+;; The configure flags in "confmacs0" are for when I am actively debugging
+;; Emacs.  The flags in "confmacsg" are for day-to-day use, where I still want
+;; some debugging information available in case of an unexpected crash.  The
+;; flags in "confmacs0" are recommended by etc/DEBUG, but other than
+;; --enable-check-lisp-object-type, they do noticeably slow Emacs down,
+;; especially Icomplete, and most of the time I'm working either on things
+;; other than Emacs or on Emacs at the Lisp level.  "confmacsg" seems to be
+;; acceptably fast, and using these abbrevs to reconfigue and rebuild Emacs's
+;; C core back and forth is quick (the .elc stick around).
 ;;
-;; Delete the cache each time because I often change CFLAGS.  It's still worth
-;; passing -C because configure often gets rerun by the Makefile when I rebase
-;; onto origin/master -- there is no --disable-maintainer-mode.
+;; We don't append "&& make" to the abbrev because I use 'C-x p c' to build.
+;;
+;; Order the flags such that ones I'm more likely to want to manually edit or
+;; remove for a particular build come later in the list.  In particular, have
+;; --enable-check-lisp-object-type come last in the abbrev expansions because
+;; we sometimes need to quickly reconfigure without it, such that Lisp objects
+;; aren't structs and can be used in break point conditions.
+;;
+;; Delete the cache each time because we're often changing CFLAGS.  It's still
+;; worth passing -C because configure often gets rerun by the Makefile when I
+;; rebase onto origin/master -- there is no --disable-maintainer-mode.
 (with-eval-after-load 'esh-mode
-  (define-abbrev eshell-mode-abbrev-table "confmacs"
-    (string-join '("rm -f config.cache; ./configure -C"
+  (dolist (conf '(("confmacs0"
 		   "--with-pgtk"
 		   "--enable-checking='yes,glyphs'"
 		   "CFLAGS='-O0 -g3'"
 		   "--enable-check-lisp-object-type")
-		 " ")
-    nil :system t))
+		  ("confmacsg"
+		   "--with-pgtk"
+		   "--enable-checking='yes,glyphs'"
+		   "CFLAGS='-Og -g3'"
+		   "--enable-check-lisp-object-type")))
+    (define-abbrev eshell-mode-abbrev-table (car conf)
+      (string-join (cons "rm -f config.cache; ./configure -C" (cdr conf)) " ")
+      nil :system t)))
 
 (defun spw/read-athenet-lxc ()
   (let (lxcs