From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs development... Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 09:16:32 +0200 Message-ID: <87h7fjuuva.fsf@gnu.org> References: <56B1C272-CB13-4793-930C-9F6B96F9856B@traduction-libre.org> <83r1enz453.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="12540"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.6.3; emacs 28.0.50 Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jean-Christophe Helary Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 21 09:22:42 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mHLL0-00032j-6K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 21 Aug 2021 09:22:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46754 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mHLKz-0007iu-4Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 21 Aug 2021 03:22:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35796) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mHLJ8-0006PB-6U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Aug 2021 03:20:46 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:38564) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mHLJ7-0003RK-UC; Sat, 21 Aug 2021 03:20:45 -0400 Original-Received: from auth2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.228]:38863) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mHLIt-0003xv-8E; Sat, 21 Aug 2021 03:20:41 -0400 Original-Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EDCA27C0054; Sat, 21 Aug 2021 03:20:29 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 21 Aug 2021 03:20:29 -0400 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvtddruddttddgudduiecutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfgh necuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmd enucfjughrpehffgfhvffuffgjkfggtgesthdtredttdertdenucfhrhhomhepvfgrshhs ihhlohcujfhorhhnuceothhsughhsehgnhhurdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpe evveeikeetkeeviefgfeffiedvteeguddvffeuueduveegtddthedvhfeuveffhfenucev lhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhhorhhnod hmvghsmhhtphgruhhthhhpvghrshhonhgrlhhithihqdekieejfeekjeekgedqieefhedv leekqdhtshguhheppehgnhhurdhorhhgsehfrghsthhmrghilhdrfhhm X-ME-Proxy: Original-Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Sat, 21 Aug 2021 03:20:27 -0400 (EDT) In-reply-to: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:272770 Archived-At: Jean-Christophe Helary writes: Hi Jean-Christophe, > Right now, I use C-h f to find the function definitions and move > around the code. That, and also M-. on a function call or variable will bring you to its definition. > But when I run package.el to test it, I'd like to have a way to > examine the values of variables as they evolve. Right now I use > message and check the *Messages* buffer... It is not ideal. Try (info "(elisp) Edebug"). Especially (info "(elisp) Eval List") seems relevant if you wan't to observe the value of some particular variable at all times. HTH, Tassilo