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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Freenet.DE>, rms@gnu.org
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: When in no-window use GNU Emacs clips contents in *Backtrace* buffer
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:33:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvhcnev94w.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1IHWRM-0004Vi-Ox@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat\, 04 Aug 2007 23\:06\:00 -0400")

> Would someone please fix this and ack?

I don't see anything that needs fixing here.

> When I launch GNU Emacs as an X client with --debug-init lines in  
> *Backtrace* buffer are truncated, so I copy them and paste them into  
> *scratch* buffer. Everything's now expanded to full length.

> When I try the same in xterm or in Apple's Terminal without windows,  
> the truncated lines like in this example

> 	Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable -)
> 	  eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil "/Users/pete/.emacs" nil t)  ;  
> Reading at buffer position 2$
> 	  load-with-code-conversion("/Users/pete/.emacs" "/Users/ 
> pete/.emacs" t t)

> are not expanded, they seem to be clipped in *Backtrace* buffer. So  
> it's not easy to get the buffer position where the error happens ...

Try M-x toggle-truncate-lines RET


        Stefan

  reply	other threads:[~2007-08-05  5:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-05  3:06 [Peter_Dyballa@Freenet.DE: When in no-window use GNU Emacs clips contents in *Backtrace* buffer] Richard Stallman
2007-08-05  5:33 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2007-08-05 19:00   ` When in no-window use GNU Emacs clips contents in *Backtrace* buffer Peter Dyballa
2007-08-06 14:06     ` Stefan Monnier
2007-08-06 14:19     ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-07  0:38     ` Miles Bader

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