From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: debug-on-entry question Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:07:25 -0700 Message-ID: References: <85psui8cfr.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1119204277 9275 80.91.229.2 (19 Jun 2005 18:04:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:04:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 19 20:04:35 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dk49q-0005oR-Gs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:04:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dk4Fu-0001Hk-CY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:10:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dk4E2-0000Od-Vb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:08:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dk4Dx-0000NJ-Qo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:08:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dk4Dx-0000Lz-L7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:08:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [148.87.122.32] (helo=rgminet03.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1Dk4F8-0002CE-Ug for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:10:03 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet03.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgminet03.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id j5JI7TBL020178 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:07:29 -0600 Original-Received: from rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.50]) by rgminet03.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id j5JI7SJ0020079 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:07:28 -0600 Original-Received: from rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.4/Switch-3.1.0) with ESMTP id j5JI7RtT019535 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:07:27 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-whq-csvpn-gw3-141-144-80-223.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.80.223]) by rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.4/Switch-3.1.0) with SMTP id j5JI7QoB019525 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:07:27 -0600 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <85psui8cfr.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:39126 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:39126 > change the interactive specification of > `debug-on-entry' to call `function-called-at-point'. > > Yes. I've suggested this previously. When debugging, you are often > in an Emacs-Lisp buffer, and this is useful. _If_ you are in an Emacs-Lisp buffer and consequently have the source code of the function to be debugged available, edebug-defun is orders of magnitude more useful for debugging a particular function. debug-on-entry is much less convenient, but can be used without having the source at hand. OK. I take that as an FYI about the usefulness and appropriateness of edebug in a source-code buffer, but not as an argument not to let `debug-on-entry' grab the function-at-point in its interactive spec.