From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Edebug and defuns not on top level Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:29:13 +0100 Message-ID: <861wktm3ra.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: <45D2E0B1.6070605@gmail.com> <86abzhm4dm.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <45D2E3A3.5090800@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1171449210 14616 80.91.229.12 (14 Feb 2007 10:33:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:33:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 14 11:33:23 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HHHRy-0005DN-Lx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:33:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HHHRy-0005yR-8K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:33:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HHHOM-0004Rd-Us for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:29:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HHHOL-0004R0-Oc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:29:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HHHOL-0004Qq-Jh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:29:37 -0500 Original-Received: from pc3.berlin.powerweb.de ([62.67.228.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HHHOK-0007ld-Qx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:29:37 -0500 Original-Received: from quinscape.de (pd95b0fdb.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.91.15.219]) by pc3.berlin.powerweb.de (8.9.3p3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA22628 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:29:33 +0100 X-Delivered-To: Original-Received: (qmail 3259 invoked from network); 14 Feb 2007 10:29:35 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lola.quinscape.zz) ([10.0.3.43]) (envelope-sender ) by ns.quinscape.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 14 Feb 2007 10:29:35 -0000 Original-Received: by lola.quinscape.zz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8442123884; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:29:13 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <45D2E3A3.5090800@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Wed\, 14 Feb 2007 11\:25\:39 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:66375 Archived-At: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: >> >>> If I use something like this >>> >>> (when my-platform >>> (defun my-defun() >>> ... >>> ) >>> ) >>> >>> I can not directly evaluate my-defun with edebug-defun. What are the >>> recommendations to do in a case like this? >> >> I'd try narrow-to-region. > > > Thanks, that worked. This tip is so useful that I think it deserves a > place in the Info documentation. Well, it should also be possible to outdent the defun to column 1 by deleting the leading blanks. narrow-to-region has merely the advantage that it does not actually change the file (in the case of Emacs Elisp source files, they might well be readonly for a user, and fiddling with read-only settings or creating a local copy might be less convenient). -- David Kastrup