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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void-variable battery-status-function [duplicate]
I'm trying to set up a custom battery indicator in the mode line and I'd like to use the battery-status-function variable defined in battery.el, which is a part of emacs. However, I cannot use it in ...
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Portacle Emacs C-c C-c stopped working
I am a beginner Lisp programmer and new to Emacs. I work on Portacle. I must have done something because when I press C-c C-c to compile a function in a buffer I get: C-c C-c is undefined. This worked ...
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How do I solve `Lisp error: (void-function -compose)` when using lsp-dart?
When I load a Dart file with GNU Emacs 27.1-1 for OS X I get the following little error novel.
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function -compose)
(-compose #'lsp--client-path->uri-fn #'lsp--...
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Tramp hangs indefinitely when using doas on Linux
Tramp works fine when I try to edit with sudo or ssh, but when I try to edit with doas it will hang (while also maxing out my cpu). Here is some tramp output:
backtrace()
tramp-signal-hook-...
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How can one debug a situation when emacs is unresponsive on Windows?
There is an operation in my setup which makes emacs unresponsive with high CPU.
I checked the emacs process with process monitor, but it does not wait for an other process, so I guess it must be ...
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Debuggable emacs and vanilla emacs binaries
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.
I would like to build an emacs binary for general usage (no debug symbols) and
another emacs binary (when something goes wrong). The build is pretty straight-forward, but I ...
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How to debug emacs config / need to rerun org-mode after startup
I run emacs on Windows and I start with this command:
C:\path-to\emacs.exe -q --load "C:/path-to-git-tracked-config-folder/.emacs" --debug-init
Emacs starts without error from --debug-init.
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Why does every command with `M-x cider-jack-in` raise an error?
Anyone knows why any command whatsover comes up with this error?
;; Startup: /usr/local/bin/clojure -Sdeps '{:deps {nrepl/nrepl {:mvn/version "0.8.3"} cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "...
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org-capture: Capture abort: Wrong type argument: stringp, org-main-file
I know this error has come up here before, but none of the answers thus far have been able to help me and no amount of googling has got me anywhere. I've been using org-capture-templates for quite a ...
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inludegraphics macro does not ask for width etc. but only for llx, lly
Using GNU Emacs 26.3, I have a tex file with \usepackage{graphicx} and AUCTeX enabled. However, inserting a includegraphics macro does not prompt for the optional arguments defined in graphicx.el ...
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savehist-mode: Lisp error: (void-variable pell-buffer)
I am using GNU Emacs 26.3 in macOS. For (savehist-mode 1) I keep getting following error:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable pell-buffer)
signal(void-variable (pell-buffer))
savehist-...
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`wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil` after upgrading auctex
After upgrading to auctex-13.0.1 I am getting the error wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil whenever I try to compile a latex document in emacs.
Activating toggle-debug-on-error and issuing C-...
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Custom theme problem - invalid face underline
I have a problem with creating my own custom theme. I'm new to doing this and my elisp knowledge is minimal.
I've used the customise-create-theme option and it was working well but it seems that at ...
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Cannot call use-package on Emacs master
I can't use use-package with Emacs master. How can I find out why this is?
For me, all calls (via eval-last-sexp) to use-package fail as
Error (use-package): Cannot load X Disable showing Disable ...
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emacs 27 (lucid toolkit) daemon crashes every couple of minutes
Some variant of this has been asked before - emacs daemon crashing when it has been built with Gtk3 etc - but I couldn't find any solution to this.
I've built Emacs 27.1 from source on Xubuntu 20.04 ...
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emacs27 : Depends: emacs27-common but it is not going to be installed
I has Emacs 25.3
emacs -version
GNU Emacs 25.3.2
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of GNU Emacs
under the terms ...
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Function: “Symbol's function definition is void” until I C-h C-f its definition, then works fine
I've defined a function that uses popup-tip. On startup, if I call the function, I get the error, Symbol's function definition is void: popup-tip. If I call Ch Cf for popup-tip, I can find the ...
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Error when first launching Spacemacs in macOS 11.0.1
I am trying to learn Emacs. I successfully installed it and went through the built-in tutorial. I thought that installing Spacemacs would be nice so I gave it a try.
I followed a tutorial and now I am ...
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the following functions might not be defined at runtime: lsp-format-buffer, lsp-organize-imports function ‘dap-go-setup’ is not known to be defined
I 've below emacs init file config setup
I'm getting below error in the emacs startup. I don't know what might be the root cause of the issue
the following functions might not be defined at runtime: ...
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Help using compilation-mode or similar to use next-error to navigate bash debug output
Using "set -x" in bash script, outputs each executed command to an ouput file. eg here is part of the bash script
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# This is called by (my) .xinitrc, xdm and _should_ be ...
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Unable to load color “#FFFFFF” (mouse-face)
Using Emacs 27.1 (mac port, BigSur), I get a strange behavior when I set the mouse face color using an hexadecimal description. Running emacs -Q -l show-bug.el, with show-bug.el being:
(font-lock-mode ...
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Log Tramp traces to a file
I am experiencing some Emacs Tramp connection problems and want to ask for help. However in my case Emacs hangs completely because of Tramp and there is no way I can access Tramp debug files. (it is ...
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How can we get input using emacs?
In order to compile my lua code i use this config
(defun lua-main-compile ()
"use lua to compile my lua code"
(interactive)
(compile "lua main.lua"))
In my lua code ...
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Link broken in inline comment
[[link]]@@comment:[[link]]@@
# [[link]]
* link
I get the message "No Link Found" when clicking on the [[link]] within the inline @@comment:[[link]]@@.
The link works fine with emacs -Q, ...
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Use edebug to trace ivy-read OR how to prevent focusing in minibuffer
I would like to understand more of the internals of ivy-read. So I tried using edebug to trace some of the helper functions in ivy.el. However, upon entering edebug, the focus always is in the ...
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Fontlock markup disappers when visual line is active
I have the following setting in my .emacs.d folder.
(defface org-commentary
'((t :foreground "tan1"))
"Face for commentary text in org mode")
(defface org-commentary-delimiter
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How to modify a file you're debugging with realgud
I understand mechanically from here:
debugging: how to optimize a RealGUD workflow
How to edit code in the source window using realgud?
I can use C-x C-q to disable read-only mode on the python file ...
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Realgud to default to my most recent python executable
When I run realgud for python debugging, with:
M-x realgud:pdb
I see this prompt:
Run pdb (like this): python -m pdb /home/username/work/place/scratch.py
I'm using a conda environment installed in ./...
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gdb over ssh via tramp fails (but gdb-gud works?)
I am running into an issue where the gdb command fails over tramp. The remote host is a simple linux box I am accessing via ssh. Even when I run emacs without my init file it still happens.
Emacs 27....
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How can I get holding down the spacebar to work as expected
When I am editing text, if I press and release the spacebar it works as expected. However, if I hold down the spacebar I get the following message in the echo area.
<Hangul> is undefined
I saw ...
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How can I stop iso-transl running
I have run the macport emacs 27 on macOS.
The bindings of my keys as as per mac-keys-mode (and aquamacs) and have Command key acting as alt.
Thus all my key bindings are A-key
This normally works.
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Emacs transparent after fresh install
Complete emacs beginner here. Just installed emacs in my Manjaro (awesomewm edition) machine using pacman.
The emacs window is almost completely transparent, I can't read anything. If started from a ...
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GAP mode (interactive mode for working with GAP) swallows first lines of output
On Windows 10, I have emacs under cygwin which works well. In particular, I am running GAP in emacs using gap-mode and everything is OK.
Now to use some other apps, I was forced to install another ...
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How to track down where Emacs message “<Scroll_Lock> is undefined” comes from?
I am using Emacs 25.5 and now am getting the message: "<Scroll_Lock> is undefined" appearing regularly in the Messages buffer. If I turn on debug-on-error, it doesn't stop on it and ...
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(Windows Terminal) and xterm-mouse-mode has a problem
Don’t really know where to post this issue, or even the nature of it, but it can get very frustrating. This is not exclusive to Windows Terminal, MobaXTerm has the same problem.
So I use emacs under ...
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I broke Spacemacs
After editing my .spacemacs file, spacemacs is saying that there is an unmatched parenthesis and I need to go into startup recovery mode. After looking at the file, I have not found any problems. ...
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`company-ngram` backend error on windows 10
I am getting this error on windows 10 python 3.8
Emacs 27 and prelude configuration
Company: backend company-ngram-backend error "Process company-ngram not running" with args (prefix)
I am ...
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Emacs freezes when pressing ESC
My Emacs usually works well, but sometimes it freezes, to be more specific:
It only freezes after pressing ESC.
When the freeze begins, it will always freeze after pressing ESC: I kill Emacs, restart ...
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Buggy org export to LaTeX `itemize` and `enumerate` functions
A similar question has been put to the TeX community over here, which led to the insight that this is an org-export issue. Hence the current question:
The org document below generates a tex file that ...
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Gnus fails opening larger imap group
If I try to open an larger imap group (a few thousand messages both read and unread) Gnus gives a warning:
Wrong number of arguments: #, 2
And the Summary window is empty or it contains only some of ...
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Unexpected indentation in python chunks
Already one year ago, I described a problem on github with polymode and unexpected indents. Since there was no answer there so far and the problem is really annoying, I ask here for ideas for a ...
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Byte compilation error with use-package
The beginning of my ~/.emacs.d/init.el file looks like this:
;; MELPA
(require 'package)
(setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
(setq package-check-signature nil)
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("...
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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument sequencep all) cl-intersection((all magit) all)
I am trying to use magit-delta (https://github.com/dandavison/magit-delta). I am using GNU Emacs 26.3.
When I add following line ( (magit-delta-mode 1) )into the .emacs file, I get following error:
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Continuously redirect debugging information (e.g. *Messages*) to file
My Emacs configuration (Emacs 27, Doom-Emacs config with lots of user-specific tweaks, running on MacOS) sometimes hangs at seemingly random times, and the kill -SIGUSR2 <emacs PID> has no ...
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Configure gud to invoke python3 debugger instead of python debugger
When I issue the Emacs command M-x pdb it invokes Python’s pdb as python -m pdb foo.py. I want to instead invoke python3 -m pdb foo.py -- how do I set this up?
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ad-Advice-package--add-to-archive-contents: Symbol's function definition is void: package-desc-vers
Friends, I have put strong effort to write an understandable account of the problem. Thus, I ask you to open all the site links quoted at the place of citation to follow the problem history.
I have ...
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When working on elisp where to show intermediate values?
I've only recently started diving deeper into elisp. I've been using message a lot in the past, much like println or print when in other languages. The trouble I have is that I'm writing elisp to ...
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How does one access the actual arguments to an Emacs Lisp function from the `*Backtrace*`?
I am trying to debug a problem in some elisp and don't understand how to access the information I want from the Emacs Debugger.
Specifically, my backtrace looks like:
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#f(compiled-function (hover) #...
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C-h v gives " Symbol’s value as variable is void: default
I'm running 26.1, I don't believe I have anything weird help-related in my .emacs.
When I try to get help on a variable, C-h v, it tells me Symbol’s value as variable is void: default.
Any hints of ...
