From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Klaus Zeitler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: how do I find errors wrapped in condition-case Date: 11 Sep 2003 10:12:05 +0200 Organization: Lucent Technologies Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063269422 19656 80.91.224.253 (11 Sep 2003 08:37:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:37:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 11 10:37:00 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19xMwm-0002Y4-00 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:37:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19xMrB-0000FO-88 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 04:31:13 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.telusplanet.net!newsfeed.telus.net!news3.optonline.net!uunet!ash.uu.net!netnews.proxy.lucent.com!news Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: sfsw51.de.lucent.com X-Windows: power tools for power fools. User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116532 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12454 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12454 what is the best way to find an error that is (I guess) handled by a condition-case. I see the following message in the echo area: error in process filter: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil Do I have to use gdb and set a breakpoint to read_process_output_error_handler and look at the backtrace or is there a simpler way? Klaus -- ------------------------------------------ | Klaus Zeitler Lucent Technologies | ------------------------------------------ --- Buses stop at bus stations, trains stop at train stations ... on my desk, there is a workstation