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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Chris Hall <cjh@insidernewswire.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Debugging lisp during startup
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:25:25 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv4pcku6uv.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0d9303d2c41ea07e384ac3edf9a51254@lagorda> (Chris Hall's message of "Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:33:28 -1000")

> I'm sure this a FAQ -- can someone point me to information on how to
> debug elisp during the Emacs startup process?

> I'm trying to debug Emacs.app for GNUstep, and it looks like there is
> a problem in the windowing system initialization process.  The menu
> displays, but no main window, and the window won't do anything.

> 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.


        Stefan





  reply	other threads:[~2008-02-07 15:25 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 [this message]
2008-02-09  3:48   ` Chris Hall

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