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From: Xavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org>
To: "Paulo J. Matos" <pocmatos@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs list <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Debugging new major mode
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:44:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zlcb6c77.wl%xma@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <11b141710906130707v1fcd6f0bm7db921f4d83b49e@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

At Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:07:33 +0100,
Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> 
> I have implemented a new major mode, and I can now load it. I have a
> file that uses my new mode and the new mode source code in diff
> buffers. I use load-file to load the new mode, however, I am not so
> sure this is the best method to do it. What is the best method to
> debug the new mode?

What do you mean by "debugging" ? What you can do is unit-tests
and see if it behaves the way you thought it should have
been. You can also try all commands/functions of your mode in a
-Q launched session.

Xavier




  reply	other threads:[~2009-06-13 21:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-13 14:07 Debugging new major mode Paulo J. Matos
2009-06-13 21:44 ` Xavier Maillard [this message]
2009-06-16 22:48   ` Paulo J. Matos

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