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I think I have a problem in my .emacs file and would like to place in it some function that would cause emacs to stop evaluating. I could then start a binary search to see where the problem is occurring.

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  • Please clarify. I don't understand what you intend by "place it in some function" or "cause emacs to stop evaluating". (Have you tried just bisecting your init file, to find the problem?)
    – Drew
    Commented Jan 1, 2023 at 16:50
  • It seems that (top-level) works just fine to run a bisect of the file. I located the problem area and fixed it.
    – tgunr
    Commented Jan 1, 2023 at 18:21
  • How does this question help others? What was the problem? How did you fix it? The question isn't clear, and the answer isn't either.
    – Drew
    Commented Jan 1, 2023 at 18:32
  • The question seems quite clear, how do you stop emacs from further evaluating code. The (top-level) when encountered will stop further evaluation. What the problem was does not matter, I wanted a way to simply put something in my .emacs top prevent evaluating code so I did not have to resort to commenting out or deleting text. Using (top-level) allowed me to bisect my .emacs until I found what was causing my issue. Anyone else stumbling across this may find it useful to stop code evaluation.
    – tgunr
    Commented Jan 1, 2023 at 21:39
  • As a further example I have this in my .emacs also now to stop further evaluatiion when I am using a different emacs version. ;; ;; WARNING!! don't execute anything below here if using plain old emacs (if (string-equal "/usr/bin/emacs" (getenv "EMACS")) (top-level))
    – tgunr
    Commented Jan 1, 2023 at 21:41

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I think I found it. Entering

(top-level)

seems to accomplish the goal

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