From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lute Kamstra Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: stack-trace-on-error vs. debug-on-error. Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:04:49 +0100 Message-ID: <87acpjloam.fsf@xs4all.nl> References: <87ll93lpec.fsf@xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109930580 14529 80.91.229.2 (4 Mar 2005 10:03:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 10:03:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 04 11:03:00 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D79e1-0002Fr-PG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:02:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D79xA-0006Rq-Eh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 05:22:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D79w5-0006Ep-GR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 05:21:33 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D79vy-0006Bb-Fc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 05:21:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D79vy-00067C-4e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 05:21:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [194.109.24.23] (helo=smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D79ft-0004Vy-7v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 05:04:49 -0500 Original-Received: from pijl (a80-127-67-124.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.127.67.124]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j24A4mwD058711 for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:04:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Lute.Kamstra@xs4all.nl) Original-Received: from lute by pijl with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1D79ft-00010j-00 for ; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:04:49 +0100 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87ll93lpec.fsf@xs4all.nl> (Lute Kamstra's message of "Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:40:59 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Original-Lines: 20 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:34168 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:34168 Lute Kamstra writes: > Does anyone know the difference between stack-trace-on-error and > debug-on-error? [...] > On first inspection they seem to do exactly the same. Silly me: I was testing it in a *scratch* buffer with eval-expression-debug-on-error on, so errors always took me to the debugger. I now see the difference: stack-trace-on-error just prints a backtrace, while debug-on-error enters the debugger. > stack-trace-on-error is not documented in Emacs manual or the Lisp > manual. I'll document it in the Lisp manual. Lute.