From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12068: 24.1; customizing debug-on-error to nil disables --debug-init Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 00:05:27 -0800 Message-ID: <8761ozntq0.fsf@building.gnus.org> References: <4qr4rox4t5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391242025 11373 80.91.229.3 (1 Feb 2014 08:07:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 08:07:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dave Abrahams , 12068@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 01 09:07:11 2014 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 1W9VbZ-00086M-Tb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 09:07:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60619 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VbZ-0005Zh-DB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 03:07:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41987) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VbV-0005Y3-1z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 03:07:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VbT-00086p-TZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 03:07:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58052) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VbT-00086h-Ot for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 03:07:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VbS-0006rL-GM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 03:07:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 08:07:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12068 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 12068-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12068.139124199926332 (code B ref 12068); Sat, 01 Feb 2014 08:07:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12068) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Feb 2014 08:06:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43838 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W9Vb4-0006qd-BO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 03:06:39 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:34607) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W9Vb0-0006qT-Ju for 12068@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 03:06:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [204.14.154.233] (helo=building.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1W9Val-0002Xj-F7; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 09:06:19 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:08:16 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1W9Val-0002Xj-F7 MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1391846781.1502@C8evkZ4sGK+Tl11Nc8AbMg X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:84388 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: > Dave Abrahams wrote: > >> What do you think people will do when they've set it to non-nil and then >> they get annoyed that they're always dropping into the debugger and >> really want to turn it back off so it sticks? > > I recommend "erase customization" rather than toggling. > > I don't think it's worth implementing special handling for this > scenario, so I have marked this as "wontfix". Does it even make sense to have `debug-on-error' be a `defcustom'? I don't think anybody would actually customize `debug-on-error' to `nil' (or anything else, for that matter) on purpose, would they? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/