-*- mode: outline; coding: utf-8 -*-

* Variables.

Select one of:

  (set 'variable value)

  (setq variable value)

  (defvar variable value "documentation")

or

  # Local variables:

  # variable: value

  # End:

* Debugging.

** Using edebug.

Execute 'M-x edebug-defun' (also on 'C-u C-M-x') on defun in source code to

enable debugging for desired function. When next time this function invoked

you entered to its debugging (jumped to its source code).

To start debug execute code which used debugged function.

You can disable edebug on a function by evaluating the function again using

'C-M-x'.

** How debug func?

Use M-x debug-on-entry and M-x cancel-debug-on-entry to control

which functions will enter the debugger when called.

When next time that function called automatically loaded debug-mode.

** How debug ini file?

When your ini has a bug, or when you load external files that cause

errors, the bug is often hard to find, because the Emacs Lisp reader does not

know about line numbers and files - it just knows an error happened, and

that's it.

*** Binary Search.

Select half of the file in a region, and M-x eval-region. Depending on whether

that causes the error or not, split this half or the other half again, and

repeat.

*** Elisp.

 - Use a keyboard macro that moves forward one expression (sexp) and evaluates

   it.

 - Try C-x check-parens.

 - Set (setq debug-on-error t).

*** CLI.

  $ emacs --no-init-file --no-site-file --debug-init

*** Simplified Binary Search.

Add (error 'No error until here') in the middle of your file. If you get the

error 'No error until here' when reloading the file, move the expression

towards the back of the file, otherwise towards the front of the file.

** Call tree.

Before byte compiling file execute

  (setq byte-compile-generate-call-tree t)

* WWW.

** Text based WWW browser.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3m

  http://emacs-w3m.namazu.org/

  http://www.gnu.org/software/w3/

* Tricks.

** Sort and uniquify lines.

Select region, type C-u M-| sort -u RET.

With transient-mark-mode and delete-selection-mode enabled: select region,

type M-| sort -u RET to replace selection with sorted and uniquified lines.