From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: using the debugger
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:33:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87aag04v21.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: B669B3131F924BCD8B43AA31B40FFF17@us.oracle.com
On Fri, Apr 08 2011, Drew Adams wrote:
>> while I'm stepping through the calling of a function, it in turn calls
>> another function, which I don't really care about. I know what it's
>> going to return, I just want to get on with things, but the secondary
>> function is long and drawn-out and I have to hit "d" like
>> fifty times to get through it and back to the top-level function.
>> Can someone tell me how I can skip them?
>
> Use `c' to `c'ut to the `c'hase, skipping directly to the result of an
> evaluation.
That was it! I'd been assuming, for no good reason, that 'c' would
continue the entire evaluation of the top-level function, not just the
frame I happened to be on. Thanks!
> [Ken's reply about "instrumenting" was no doubt about using `edebug'. I take it
> that you are instead using `debug' (which is what I use, FWIW). IOW, I assume
> you're either calling `(debug)' in your code or doing `M-x debug-on-entry' or
> setting `debug-on-error' or `debug-on-quit' to non-nil.]
I am using 'debug', with debug-on-entry, but only just ten minutes ago
discovered edebug, so I'll look into that as well.
Thanks again.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-08 15:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-08 11:18 using the debugger Eric Abrahamsen
2011-04-08 11:26 ` ken
2011-04-08 11:33 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2011-04-08 14:03 ` Drew Adams
2011-04-08 15:33 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.10.1302271417.11168.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-04-08 17:30 ` rusi
2011-04-08 18:16 ` Drew Adams
2011-04-08 22:14 ` Tim X
2011-04-09 0:39 ` Perry Smith
[not found] ` <mailman.3.1302286616.22287.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-04-24 1:07 ` David Combs
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