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Subject: better error messages in my *Messages* buffer?
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Hi there,

learing elisp is fun, but debugging isn't for me at the moment.
>From ruby and from python I'm spoiled with additional info like

Error X in file Y line Z

but my *Messages* buffer just tells me:

error in process filter: Wrong type argument: listp, [...] 

What do you do in that case to find out which line of your code creates
that error?

Thanks,
Martin