Re: init file debugging

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From: LUSYSNZ
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 1990 21:38

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Subject: Re: init file debugging
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From: roland@ai.mit.edu (Roland McGrath)
Date: 22 Oct 90 03:03:15 GMT
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The simplest way to debug your init file (.emacs) is to do:

emacs -q
(setq debug-on-error t)
(load-file "~/.emacs")
--
	Roland McGrath
	Free Software Foundation, Inc.
roland@ai.mit.edu, uunet!ai.mit.edu!roland

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Subject: Re: init file debugging
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