From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8789: 23.3; debug backtrace buffer changes window on step-through Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:46:00 -0700 Message-ID: <4617F483F2CC446D980DF7194E06BB3A@us.oracle.com> References: <4DE8DF63.5050405@gmx.at> <87haz0po82.fsf@web.de> <4F3BE4CB.3030909@gmx.at> <4F3CB843.6030401@gmx.at> <4F3D41DD.6080603@gmx.at> <877gzmqwcf.fsf@web.de><504B4940.9000809@gmx.at> <86wqzznwzv.fsf@web.de> <9BABA419184241F5A7246DC5D9A9EF81@us.oracle.com> <5057A4A3.4010100@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1347922010 5747 80.91.229.3 (17 Sep 2012 22:46:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:46:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Michael Heerdegen' , 8789@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'martin rudalics'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 18 00:46:54 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TDk5d-0002ej-KT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:46:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53061 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TDk5Z-0003iM-JW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:46:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38642) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TDk5X-0003iG-3x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:46:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TDk5W-0000Bp-0M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:46:47 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:59146) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TDk5V-0000Bj-T6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:46:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TDk6k-00037l-0O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:48:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:48:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8789 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8789-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8789.134792204511937 (code B ref 8789); Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:48:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8789) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Sep 2012 22:47:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40459 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TDk68-00036T-KJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:47:24 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com ([148.87.113.117]:23549) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TDk66-00036J-5E for 8789@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:47:23 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id q8HMk312003914 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:46:04 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt357.oracle.com (acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q8HMk3Po023319 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:46:03 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt104.oracle.com (abhmt104.oracle.com [141.146.116.56]) by acsmt357.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id q8HMk2TE029174; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:46:02 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.248) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:46:02 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <5057A4A3.4010100@gmx.at> Thread-Index: Ac2VJCVBbi6PL5PtTmS6sG07MR50NQAAIzyQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:64534 Archived-At: > Try customizing `debugger-bury-or-kill'. 1. OK, I was not aware of that option; thanks. Please document it. (I do not see it in either the Emacs manual or the Elisp manual.) 2. I tried each of the values listed in the doc string. None of them had any effect at all. Same broken behavior, always: the frame is deleted, then re-created with the default size and position (i.e., ignoring its previous size and position). That re-creation takes perhaps 0.5 sec or 1 sec, which means that it is visually quite distracting, besides the fact that the size and position prevent using the debugger efffectively (really, prevent using it at all). I am using the regular Emacs debugger, not `edebug'. E.g., I am using `debug-on-entry' etc. Dunno whether that is pertinent. The doc says nothing about `edebug', in any case. 3. Wrt the new option's defcustom: If the documented four possible values are the only possible values, then the defcustom should be rewritten so that the user can choose (and can only choose) by using the Value Menu. S?he should not have to or be allowed to enter a quoted symbol name in a text edit field. If the documented possible values are not the only possible values, then the doc string should be updated to mention what other possible values there are and what they do. This (#3) is a bug. Do you want me to file a separate bug report for it?