From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
ndame <emacsuser@freemail.hu>
Subject: Re: Is there a reason why iinvalid-read-syntax doesn't give me the location of the error?
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 10:17:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAM-tV-9Y7YJGH_-aTBcLpNA++=dNcj0D2c9j_VhdoY3xLZtRZA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871rxxdqkn.fsf@web.de>
On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 at 09:59, Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:
>
> ndame <emacsuser@freemail.hu> writes:
>
> > I wonder why the error message doesn't give me the location of the
> > error like scan-error. I have to bisect the file to find the bad part.
>
> I don't have the answer to your question, only a workaround: turn on
> debug-on-error and eval. When the debugger pops up, switch to the
> source code buffer. Point will be likely near the problem (AFAICT
> `read' just leaves point where it gave up).
The backtrace itself should mention the exact location where the last
`read' was. In Emacs 27, you can click on it to jump there.
See Bug#6435.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-07 14:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-07 13:40 Is there a reason why iinvalid-read-syntax doesn't give me the location of the error? ndame
2019-08-07 13:59 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-08-07 14:17 ` Noam Postavsky [this message]
2019-08-07 14:34 ` ndame
2019-08-08 8:10 ` Stefan Monnier
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