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26.0.90; Improve printing of error on catching file-error in dired

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 28797 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>,
 Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#28797: 26.0.90; Improve printing of error on catching
 file-error in dired
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 11:08:51 -0400

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> 2. Those errors should generate a backtrace.. right now, a user needs to
> update the debug-on-message variable to force back traces for such messages
> which is, first: more cumbersome than doing M-x toggle-debug-on-error and
> then recreating the error, and second: not a common knowledge.

Another possibility is setting debug-on-signal, see (elisp) Handling Errors.

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