Questions tagged [debugging]
Debugging is a methodical process of finding and reducing the number of bugs, or defects, in a computer program.
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Debugging in Unity3d with emacs?
I develop in Unity, and have been using emacs as my text editor for development. Debugging however has always needed to be done through monodevelop (and it crashes half the time while doing this). My ...
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Spacemacs error when loading `.spacemacs` which uses package `flycheck`
I added the following at the end of my ~/.spacemacs file:
(use-package flycheck
:defer t
:init (global-flycheck-mode))
When I do this, I get Spacemacs encountered an error while loading your '/...
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Why is check-ert output cut at 70 characters column?
Sometimes when packaging emacs packages for Debian, I need to debug test failures. Then the debugging output is cut at 70 characters like in this bug report:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport....
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(RegEx-)Replace: Sporadic Match data clobbered by buffer modification hooks
I know this was asked in other contexts already, but I couldn't find anything related to C++ development with my hooks that could help me.
I am working a lot with replace and query-replace and query-...
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Unknown *emacs* process
I recently realized that every time I lunch emacs, after a minute, a strange buffer appear in buffers list that is linked to an emacs process, infact it also appear in system's process list:
When I ...
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Get asked to confirm safe theme forever
I created a theme which I stored in ~/.emacs.d/themes/, added this
directory to custom-theme-load-path, and put (load-theme
"the-theme.el") in my init.el. Now restarting emacs, I get
prompted whether ...
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Multiple Quit messages in my *Messages* buffer
When I hold C-p or C-n to navigate any page, the movement is jerky and I get multiple Quit messages in my *Messages* buffer.
I checked the C-h l to see the commands ran, it only has the C-n [next-...
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neotree: `all-the-icons-icon-for-dir` raises void-function error
I am getting an error with neotree and i dont know why the arguments from call-interactively are nil.
Edit: The Problem is within neotree and i have an empty init file just with neotree and the ...
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Why do parts of my Emacs buffer turn invisible when I'm writing elisp?
When I'm writing elisp code, parts of the buffer that I press enter on turn invisible (i.e. they get the property invisible set to t). I haven't been able to reproduce this reliably, because it doesn'...
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Slime inspector for emacs lisp
I want to know, if there is some possibility of inspecting an object as slime inspector does.
For example, using libyaml I get the following result, it worked well:
ELISP> (yaml-read-from-string ...
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Gui won't start, throws an “Args out of range: 0, 100”
The only response I got is this:
Weird behavior: GUI won't start, but terminal emacs will
But he doesn't clarify on the solution. I have the same problem, my .Xdefaults and/or .Xresources causes ...
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Adjust end index in selected region
Following the advice given here, I wrote the following code to enclose the text selection in phpbb italics tags :
(defun wrap-in-phpbb-italics-tag (b e)
"does what its name says."
(interactive "...
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M-= shortcut suddenly stops working in Emacs in KDE
I'm trying to run M-= on a region of text, but nothing happens. I think the shortcut is registered (I don't get a message like "M-= is undefined") but the execution stops for some reason and there is ...
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Wrong type argument: stringp, (“~/capture.org”)
I am setting up a few hydras, one of which should open a frequently accessed file. The following command works, if I bind a keyboard sequence to it:
(lambda () (interactive) (find-file "~/capture.org"...
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Emacs/realgud/Python: How to display variables at each step?
Using emacs and realgud one can have a separate buffer that automatically shows where the program is currently stopped (by displaying that line of source code).
Is there an easy way to get realgud to ...
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fault-tolerant `check-parens` resp. `scan-lists`
Looking for a way to have a fault-tolerant navigation. I.e. in case of broken syntax, uncomplete forms etc. --when
check-paren fails--, it should try some heuristics.
Unfortunatly can't use check-...
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Problem debugging in `gud-mode' (M-x `gdb' with `many-windows' enabled)
I'm debugging a large codebase (written in C++).
Everything works perfectly if I run gdb from a regular terminal as follows:
$ gdb <program-name>
Reading symbols from <program-name>......
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Unclear error message from a function call in my init file
With my Emacs 26.1 on my 10.13.6 Mac, I want Emacs to systemically open my file located at /Users/ewandelanoy/Documents/html_files/Printable/latinized_agreda2.txt with the mac-roman-mac encoding, ...
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how to get region start and region end from the whole buffer as variables to call another func
(defun buffer-to-shell()
(let (buffer mark-whole-buffer)))
(shell-command-on-region start end "sed s/foo/bar/") ;; start, end not defined
)
As you might see there are undefined variables start ...
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emacs debugging project like (vscode or eclipse)
I use Emacs for project development in Go, the only thing that forces me back to VSCode is for graphical debugging.
Is there any package that will allow me to do graphical debugging like visual studio ...
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Read-only text stops working after a while
This is a very strange issue and its cause is hard to determine. I often leave Emacs open for days, or even weeks at a time. My current emacs-uptime is 9 and a half days. That's pretty normal and ...
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Identify which mode is throwing an error
I am attempting to edit a file. Emacs is preventing me from making the edit, and throwing: Args out of range: #<buffer user.action.js>, 4965, 17721. It is completely not obvious to me where this ...
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helm-comint-input-ring - get error: shell-mode-map
windows 10, emacs 26.1, helm 3.0
I use C-c C-l (comint-dynamic-list-input-ring)
I get something like this:
But I don't like this. I want to use helm-comint-input-ring.
I want to get something like ...
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When I start Emacs: Symbol's value as variable is void: shell-mode-map [duplicate]
System: Windows 10, Emacs 26.1, Helm 3.0
In my init.el:
;; Shell commands history
(define-key shell-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-l") 'helm-comint-input-ring)
When I start Emacs I get the following error:
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How to open 3 emacs windows when debugging using gdb
I am debugging a program that outputs 8 or more lines of display and requires input. So my IO window has to be say 10 rows or so in height. But I also want to see the source code AND of course the ...
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How to create a customized translation table when using the command translate-region?
When using the command translate-region, the command asks to use which table. There are already some predefined tables (by pressing TAB) such as
cp51932-decode cp51932-encode eucjp-ms-decode ...
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(wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil) when calling run-python
When I call run-python from the package python.el Emacs displays me the following error:
error in process filter: Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil
To investigate further I called toggle-...
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How to diagnose emacs hanging and 100% cpu on startup?
How can I diagnose this issue?
I've tried using strace and I see the following that seems to be stuck in a loop:
recvfrom(5, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., ...
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Halting Clojure debugger after pressing the Continue Command
I use Emacs with Cider to debug Clojure Code. After setting a breakpoint using the default debugging framework, there appears the list of debugging options one might execute shown in this Figure
I ...
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Debugging a recalcitrant eldoc function
I'm using SLIME and common LISP (SBCL) for some weekend hacking. I've just upgraded to emacs 26.1 on Mac OS X 10.13.5. Now I've run into a problem with the setup where I'm suddenly getting:
error ...
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How to fix org-dotemacs broken by latest update?
I'm sorry to have to ask this, but lisp debugging is not one of my strengths. For some time I've been happily using Joe Bloggs's somewhat hoary but useful org-dotemacs.el system to maintain my emacs ...
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Unable to set relative line number as a default
I am trying to setup Emacs to have relative line numbering enabled by default via this plugin.
According to the readme file
Relative line numbering should already be enabled by default (by ...
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Extremely slow startup on Windows - How to debug?
I have a serious problem with an extremely slow spacemacs startup (emacs-init-time = ~200s).
(The server works, but this is so slow I cannot debug some other problems that I am trying to fix)
My ...
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Disabling recentf mode?
I try to disable this via
(recentf-mode -1)
(setq recentf-mode nil) ;; mysteriously switches to t after some time
but it keeps automatically turning on after some time and is causing problems for ...
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Debug missing keystrokes
Something has happened to my Emacs environment that causes keystrokes to be dropped occasionally. It seems to happen more often in isearch, or after a week and a couple hundred buffers open.
The ...
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Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
I am essentially trying to build a list of strings, where each of those strings in turn are built by their own functions.
However, I get the following error when the code is evaluated:
Wrong type ...
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Define a function to execute multiple commands
Here is part of my init.el:
(defun xx-devanagari-script ()
(interactive)
(save-excursion
(face-remap-add-relative 'default :family "Lohit Devanagari")
(text-scale-increase)
(text-...
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emacs Aborted (core dumped)- centOS 7.0 emacs 25.3 — Please Help
Dear stackexchange users,
I would really appreciate your help in fixing my issue.
I am new with centOS 7.0 with less a year of experience.
I was using emacs-24.3 until the following error came up, so ...
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emacs lisp error : Need a pre-parsed url
I'm trying to use tern with the latest version of emacs (27 : master branch) and I'm getting the following error :
Request failed: ((wrong-type-argument Need a pre-parsed URL.
[cl-struct-url http ...
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How can i resolve tramp-error: Not a Tramp file name: using a /docker address?
Trying to set up .dir-locals to use a custom python interpreter inside a container so i can use run-python and get the REPL inside the container.
I have this setup which seems to partially work in ...
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override “C-SPC” set-mark-command
I'm using expand-region and experimenting with it trying to find the right key binding
As per expand-region README it binded to
(global-set-key (kbd "C-=") 'er/expand-region)
But I'm not satisfied, ...
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debugging: how to optimize a RealGUD workflow
I code in Python and I my workflow uses debuggers (I coded for 8 years in Matlab).
I develop numerical simulation codes: most of the time it returns a result, the question is: "Is the result right?"
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How to troubleshoot a key binding prompting for more key presses?
I have a function bound to Ctrl-b, this runs a command immediately, however after some time running emacs, pressing this binding shows text C-b in the message bar, prompting for other keys to be ...
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ECB causes error “Completion is not active in the minibuffer”
Emacs 25.3.1 on Fedora 26, with ecb 20170728.1221 installed.
After activating ECB with ecb-minor-mode, any attempt to use any kind of completion gives me a completion buffer in place of the ...
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C-S-a doesn't select text to the line beginning
The Key combination Ctrl + Shift + a doesn't work in my GUI-Emacs to select a region from the position of pointer to the line start. Doing C-h k and the above key combination shows no documentation.
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Completion in edebug-eval-expression
Is there a way to get completion-at-point to work inside edebug-eval-expression (i.e. similarly to the way it works in eval-expression)? Presently, when I press tab inside of a call to edebug-eval-...
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list of current variables in a buffer for Python code
I would like to find a way to reproduce the "Workspace" of Matlab or the equivalent "Variables" window of the awesome pudb debugger directly in emacs for python code: it is a window which details the ...
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Stepping through source in emacs, line pointer will not advance past file open line
I have just started using emacs for debugging and I have two questions.
First, I am working in gdb-many-windows mode. I have set a breakpoint and it gets properly hit in the source code window, ...
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Fixing wrong-type-argument to looking-at in Emacs 25 js-mode on large files
When using js-mode (or js2-mode) on Emacs 25.1 (in Debian 9) to edit some large files, any attempt to insert text after some "random" point in the file fails with an elisp stack trace:
Debugger ...
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Debugging with gdb does not allow user to enter multiple console inputs
I wrote the following C++ program in Emacs named check_emacs_debug.cpp
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
for(int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) //Breakpoint
{
int num;
std::...
