From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alexis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Debugging advice Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 12:36:47 +1000 Message-ID: <8760fvjq68.fsf@gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1497667050 28790 195.159.176.226 (17 Jun 2017 02:37:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 02:37:30 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 0.9.19; emacs 25.2.1 Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Jude DaShiell Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 17 04:37:23 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dM3c3-00071W-22 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2017 04:37:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33155 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dM3c8-0007dq-8P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 22:37:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59196) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dM3be-0007dl-IJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 22:36:59 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dM3bZ-0002FG-I6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 22:36:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pg0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c05::22c]:35852) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dM3bZ-0002EU-BA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 22:36:53 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pg0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id u62so8068412pgb.3 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 19:36:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date :message-id:mime-version; bh=JUk+/PLMdxeAbg0iCn5T3TYahfgdtTNSZpLZABvS7mM=; b=QVUrA/PsQFIYwSgtvLdkRXOWalVwVRwvgkiPV2pAe4b6NGxt3fkL4H1HCKmjSLOHrY 3gR5YVRLDT3NXOwijE/5P3GTzit5vNIuu8EsOnh8IH7owXn6626DyF3Z1GZyn09zNQcl zti4OYcJgxlO7RWz+KoLZdrcHQJqgUwc/zdWGZTaaPlnzlpjkj8UBch4NNHdt4lytsN/ OaZFROzH9nHT5lFawESltlKWwK2IJDy7e0MTM41u/XjH3q4h7ApiFCaTzzbdRHbar+Gj QBbdbRZM91PFkOkUBkmw4E8XNHLJvQgCznEydsAuFYP4PjZbuZ3LA5mtDYnnaXfjyW/2 DkCw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=JUk+/PLMdxeAbg0iCn5T3TYahfgdtTNSZpLZABvS7mM=; b=FJ8zpLvhgOZEYjukT9WN6nvGgljEAviJI9TBUdBWFwJCw5KYy45EQXjlxERlA3bNfb +7iAihTnSPpaTh+iyubgLaQ8e9QiCcB9TcNXhLXJnaLLbS6oI2R9vGR/KFiwS96PItQe 1NaxrRzHD+OMAVTvKVY/XBNRKJFwI/AhEzlL0ePZ07hJ7PJVAAra2IjdHvKOj03qdTjG 9Iv7fZQajL/hbB9UHIhuq4QWBz/aGoCE2KvbaBrgPX3QQ5ijIOI5TFs+IFZ0C9cOR9ZG GKLwyZGyMG5Sak78a0iMvUtrR6xrZin2IFg/09byIDDNWPIQO+EAyNz7lkREkH9hYaON ktKA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKS2vOzt9zhnXUp4D5xL+OiPUzh+stJSF4R3RpKCUev0M5M8hAeEvKz7 AH2DP4v9f6Wp8w== X-Received: by 10.84.191.165 with SMTP id a34mr16531468pld.136.1497667011991; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 19:36:51 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost (CAPCPE-124-189-167-250.rsqv1.lon.bigpond.net.au. [124.189.167.250]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k11sm8039139pfj.48.2017.06.16.19.36.50 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 16 Jun 2017 19:36:51 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c05::22c X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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 Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113498 Archived-At: Jude DaShiell writes: > I wonder, can something be put in a .emacs file so when emacs > encounters an initialization error the first problem line number > in > the .emacs file would be stated automatically? Not necessarily, as something like e.g. a failure to insert a closing parenthesis might not cause an error until the ELisp reader reaches the end of the file. (Yes, this has happened to me.) Alexis.