For Emacs, how do I debug a .emacs file?
To debug a .emacs file,
start Emacs with the -debug-init command-line
option. This enables the Emacs Lisp debugger before evaluating your
.emacs file, and places you in the debugger if something
goes wrong. The top line in the trace-back buffer will be
the error message, and the second or third line of that buffer will
display the Lisp code from your .emacs file that caused
the problem.
You can also evaluate an individual function or argument to a function
in your .emacs file by moving the cursor to the end of
the function or argument and typing C-x C-e or M-x
eval-last-sexp.
Use C-h v or M-x describe-variable to check
the value of variables which you are trying to set or use.
This information comes from the Emacs FAQ.
At Indiana University, for personal or departmental Linux or Unix systems support, see At IU, how do I get support for Linux or Unix?
Last modified on August 22, 2008.
