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author | Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2011-07-15 15:16:11 +0200 |
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committer | Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2011-07-15 15:16:11 +0200 |
commit | 662498421ef4b06cfa6e27d6be2b09e80ec2bff9 (patch) | |
tree | f2c4a8221b9c4506bf45155e16e894367bdf7708 | |
parent | 1d698799d3ffda0268176efb71d88165fe8e191f (diff) | |
download | emacs-662498421ef4b06cfa6e27d6be2b09e80ec2bff9.tar.gz |
(Using Debugger): Mention @code{eval-expression-debug-on-error}
Fixes: debbugs:8549
-rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/debugging.texi | 10 |
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog index 153d7e839c3..cf6e3482efb 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2011-07-15 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> + + * debugging.texi (Using Debugger): Mention + @code{eval-expression-debug-on-error} (bug#8549). + 2011-07-14 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> * display.texi (Other Display Specs): Document that `left-fringe' diff --git a/doc/lispref/debugging.texi b/doc/lispref/debugging.texi index ed146453df7..d9e807afb88 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/debugging.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/debugging.texi @@ -306,6 +306,16 @@ and it is wise to go back to the backtrace buffer and exit the debugger the debugger gets out of the recursive edit and kills the backtrace buffer. + When the debugger has been entered, the @code{debug-on-error} +variable is temporarily set according to +@code{eval-expression-debug-on-error}. If the latter variable is +non-@code{nil}, @code{debug-on-error} will temporarily be set to +@code{t}. This means that any further errors that occur while doing a +debugging session will (by default) trigger another backtrace. If +this is not want you want, you can either set +@code{eval-expression-debug-on-error} to @code{nil}, or set +@code{debug-on-error} to @code{nil} in @code{debugger-mode-hook}. + @cindex current stack frame The backtrace buffer shows you the functions that are executing and their argument values. It also allows you to specify a stack frame by |