Re: Debugging Elisp

[phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord)]

The general solution is to turn debug-on-error on then replicate the
error. With post-command-hook on, though, it's much harder because this
hooks so deeply into the Emacs workflow.

Really, you need to find out what is on "post-command-hook" before it
crashes. This will allow you to narrow down a bit on where the problem
is.


Phil

Miguel Guedes <miguel.a.guedes@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello List,
>
> Is it possible to set up emacs so as to output more meaningful messages 
> when it steps into errors?  
>
> I'd be so *very* grateful if someone contributed a tip that makes emacs 
> output a line:col pair when it steps into an error as messages of the 
> kind below are just so frustrating to debug (especially so when it's hard 
> to replicate what causes them):
>
> Error in post-command-hook: (wrong-type-argument characterp wrong-type-
> argument) 

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