evaluating .emacs file after revision

evaluating .emacs file after revision

[Hugh Lawson]

What is the most disciplined way to do this without restarting emacs?

--to debug the revised file

--to make it effective in the running session of emacs

I've looked, but I can't find the documentation on this.  

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Hugh Lawson
hlawson@triad.rr.com

Re: evaluating .emacs file after revision

[David Kastrup]

Hugh Lawson <hlawson@triad.rr.com> writes:

> What is the most disciplined way to do this without restarting emacs?
> 
> --to debug the revised file
> 
> --to make it effective in the running session of emacs
> 
> I've looked, but I can't find the documentation on this.  

If you just added/changed a single Form, place your cursor behind it
and press C-x C-e.


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Re: evaluating .emacs file after revision

[Marco Parrone]

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Hugh Lawson <hlawson@triad.rr.com> writes:

> What is the most disciplined way to do this without restarting emacs?
> 
> --to debug the revised file

You can eval each single expression putting the mark before it
(`C-SPC'), moving the point after it (`C-M-f'), and evaluating it
(`C-x C-e').

> --to make it effective in the running session of emacs

With `M-x load-file'.

> I've looked, but I can't find the documentation on this.  

C-h i d m emacs RET i loading Lisp code RET

With emacs 21.3.50.

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Re: evaluating .emacs file after revision

[Lute Kamstra]

Hugh Lawson <hlawson@triad.rr.com> writes:

> What is the most disciplined way to do this without restarting emacs?
>
> --to debug the revised file
>
> --to make it effective in the running session of emacs
>
> I've looked, but I can't find the documentation on this.  

If you changed more than a few lines in your .emacs, you can do 
M-x eval-buffer in the .emacs buffer.  Debugging Emacs Lisp is
described in the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.  Type 
C-h i d m elisp m debugging if you have its info file installed.  
It is not (yet) packaged together with Emacs.  A copy can be 
obtained from http://www.gnu.org/manual/elisp/

Lute.

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