ropemacs – Tarik Billa

Tracking down max-specpdl-size errors in emacs

December 28, 2023 by Tarik

To track the problem down, you can try this: (setq max-specpdl-size 5) ; default is 1000, reduce the backtrace level (setq debug-on-error t) ; now you should get a backtrace C-h a ; in speedbar You should get a backtrace upon the error, and at that point, you can track down the offending routine. I’d … Read more

Managing helper death

September 4, 2023 by Tarik

The easiest solution I can think of is to use kill-buffer-query-functions hook to prevent *Pymacs* to be killed. Like this: (defun my-pymacs-saver () (if (equal (buffer-name) “*Pymacs*”) (yes-or-no-p “Really kill *Pymacs* buffer? “) t)) (add-hook ‘kill-buffer-query-functions ‘my-pymacs-saver) It will ask you if you really want to kill *Pymacs* buffer or not. You can even make … Read more