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| author | Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2022-06-18 00:17:40 +0200 |
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| committer | Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2022-06-18 00:17:40 +0200 |
| commit | 0d103e6f79d374766b64e56fb05e440076f4df5c (patch) | |
| tree | a163870466c2fc922fb4c2157d418a4f1736ce8a /doc/lispref | |
| parent | c1370d83cb229c9f3f1b077d1e623b1e9ada6b50 (diff) | |
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Extend 'e' in edebug to pretty-print the values
* doc/lispref/edebug.texi (Edebug Eval): Document it.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/edebug.el (edebug-eval-expression): Allow
displaying the full value in a different buffer.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/edebug.texi | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/edebug.texi b/doc/lispref/edebug.texi index 0fc5271d5ad..377cd21da86 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/edebug.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/edebug.texi @@ -701,7 +701,11 @@ on this process. @item e @var{exp} @key{RET} Evaluate expression @var{exp} in the context outside of Edebug (@code{edebug-eval-expression}). That is, Edebug tries to minimize -its interference with the evaluation. By default, this command +its interference with the evaluation. The result is shown in the echo +area, or, if this command is given a prefix, pop up a new buffer and +pretty-print the result there. + +By default, this command suppresses the debugger during evaluation, so that an error in the evaluated expression won't add a new error on top of the existing one. Set the @code{debug-allow-recursive-debug} user option to a |