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From: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: in batch or during test
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:13:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874mo9ka4j.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> (raw)



Is there a way to discover if Emacs is being run in batch and/or running
a test?

I have a package that uses "after-change-functions" and several other
"self-niling" hooks. If I have a bug in my package, the hook function
automatically gets removed, leaving the package in an inconsistent state
(because one hook may have gone but the others remain). So instead I use
"condition-case" to catch any errors and disable the entire package
(i.e. all of the hook functions) if an error occurs.

This works well, but unfortunately effectively swallows the backtrace.
Particularly annoying when I am running automated tests. So, I want to
write a macro like `condition-case-unless-debug' but which is "unless
running in batch or running ert". But I don't know how to find out if I
am in batch or running ert!

Phil



             reply	other threads:[~2015-04-21 11:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-21 11:13 Phillip Lord [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.1261.1429614787.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-04-21 12:08 ` in batch or during test Rusi
2015-04-21 14:39   ` Phillip Lord
2015-04-21 19:21 ` Ted Zlatanov

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