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From: Chris Hall <cjh@insidernewswire.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Debugging lisp during startup
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:48:34 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cc8739449f5eba3c9c279da19d467e23@lagorda> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv4pcku6uv.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

On 2008-02-07 05:25:25 -1000 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> 
wrote:

>> I've tried starting emacs -nw, then (debug-on-entry
>> 'make-frame-on-display), but I only get so far before it just hangs 
>> on
>> me.
> 
> You're probably better off debugging it at the C level.
> 

Ouch.

Are there some tips available somewhere, or it basically a matter of 
setting a breakpoint in 'Feval' (or similar) then laboriously 
examining whatever is on the stack?

Thanks,

Chris H.






      reply	other threads:[~2008-02-09  3:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-07  9:33 Debugging lisp during startup Chris Hall
2008-02-07 15:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-09  3:48   ` Chris Hall [this message]

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