Re: How do I get edebug online?

[Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>]

Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com> writes:

> First I eval the following sexp:
>
> (setq edebug-all-defs t)
>
> Then I issue the following command on the following code which resides
> in a file called:
> ~/java-training-wheels/dlisp/coolmacs/dmp-grep--splat-file.el.
> The command is \C-\M-x.  The file contains the following defun:
>
> (defun fac (n)
>   (when (= 5 n)
>     (message "Foo bar")
>     (edebug)
>     (message "Rita Hayworth"))
>   (if (< 0 n)
>       (* n (fac (1- n)))
>     1))
>
> Execute the following command:
>
> (fac 10)
>
> and it comes back at you with the following backtrace: (see after this
> backtrace for my question)
>
> Debugger entered: nil
> [...]

While I agree that in your situation it's more appropriate to call C-M-x
with prefix argument, your recipe should enable edebug nonetheless, so I
have reported your discovery as new Bug#53331.  Hard to believe that
nobody ever reported this.

Thanks,

Michael.