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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2014-09-11 13:35:44 -0400
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2014-09-11 13:35:44 -0400
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* etc/NEWS: Mention timer error reporting.
Ref: http://debbugs.gnu.org/18444#8
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@@ -1124,6 +1124,11 @@ and can be accessed by calling the `coding-system-type' function.)
*** `with-demoted-errors' takes an additional argument `format'.
+*** Errors from timer functions are no longer silently discarded,
+but are reported as messages. So you may see "Error running timer"
+messages from code that was failing silently till now. Set
+`debug-on-error' non-nil to get a real error and a backtrace.
+
** Faces
*** Face specs set via Custom themes now replace the `defface' spec