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25.0.50; "Args out of range" with help-window-select t

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From: Nicolas Richard <youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 20734 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20734: 25.0.50; "Args out of range" with help-window-select t
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 11:33:46 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> We can however get a gdb backtrace (I put a breakpoint in Fsignal, but
>> it breaks more often than needed, so I say "continue" a few times in
>> order to get the following) :
>
> You can put a break point in maybe_call_debugger, which tends to work
> better in this sense.

Thanks. Would the following make sense in etc/DEBUG ?

-`Fsignal' is a very useful place to put a breakpoint in.
-All Lisp errors go through there.
+`Fsignal' is a very useful place to put a breakpoint in.  All Lisp
+errors go through there.  If you are only interested in errors that
+would fire the debugger, breaking at `maybe_call_debugger' is useful.

-- 
Nico.

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