emacs.rst
author Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com>
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:06:49 +0300
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Set variables in emacs.

-*- 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 (jamped 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 InitFile 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.

* WWW.

** Text based WWW browser.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3m
  http://emacs-w3m.namazu.org/
  http://www.gnu.org/software/w3/