(Edebug): Update menu.

(Instrumenting): Update xrefs.
(Edebug Execution Modes): Correct xref.
(Jumping): Clarify description of `h' command.
Eliminate redundant @ref.
(Breaks): New node.
(Breakpoints): is now a subsubsection.
(Global Break Condition): Mention `C-x X X'.
(Edebug Views): Clarify `v' and `p'.  Mention `C-x X w'.
(Trace Buffer): Clarify STRING arg of `edebug-tracing'.
(Edebug Display Update): Correct pxref.
(Edebug and Macros): New node.
(Instrumenting Macro Calls): Is now a subsubsection.
Neither arg of `def-edebug-spec' is evaluated.
(Instrumenting Macro Calls): Mention `edebug-eval-macro-args'.
(Specification Examples): Fix typo.
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@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ enable you to use it.
* Modes: Edebug Execution Modes. Execution modes, stopping more or less often.
* Jumping:: Commands to jump to a specified place.
* Misc: Edebug Misc. Miscellaneous commands.
* Breakpoints:: Setting breakpoints to make the program stop.
* Breaks:: Setting breakpoints to make the program stop.
* Trapping Errors:: Trapping errors with Edebug.
* Views: Edebug Views. Views inside and outside of Edebug.
* Eval: Edebug Eval. Evaluating expressions within Edebug.
@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ enable you to use it.
* Trace Buffer:: How to produce trace output in a buffer.
* Coverage Testing:: How to test evaluation coverage.
* The Outside Context:: Data that Edebug saves and restores.
* Instrumenting Macro Calls:: Specifying how to handle macro calls.
* Edebug and Macros:: Specifying how to handle macro calls.
* Options: Edebug Options. Option variables for customizing Edebug.
@end menu
@ -203,13 +203,13 @@ function.
@code{interactive} forms with an expression argument, anonymous lambda
expressions, and other defining forms. However, Edebug cannot determine
on its own what a user-defined macro will do with the arguments of a
macro call, so you must provide that information; see @ref{Instrumenting
Macro Calls}, for details.
macro call, so you must provide that information; see @ref{Edebug and
Macros}, for details.
When Edebug is about to instrument code for the first time in a
session, it runs the hook @code{edebug-setup-hook}, then sets it to
@code{nil}. You can use this to load Edebug specifications
(@pxref{Instrumenting Macro Calls}) associated with a package you are
(@pxref{Edebug and Macros}) associated with a package you are
using, but only when you use Edebug.
@findex eval-expression @r{(Edebug)}
@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ Step: stop at the next stop point encountered (@code{edebug-step-mode}).
@item n
Next: stop at the next stop point encountered after an expression
(@code{edebug-next-mode}). Also see @code{edebug-forward-sexp} in
@ref{Edebug Misc}.
@ref{Jumping}.
@item t
Trace: pause (normally one second) at each Edebug stop point
@ -341,9 +341,8 @@ Run the program until the end of the containing sexp.
Step into the function or macro called by the form after point.
@end table
The @kbd{h} command proceeds to the stop point near the current location
of point, using a temporary breakpoint. See @ref{Breakpoints}, for more
information about breakpoints.
The @kbd{h} command proceeds to the stop point at or after the current
location of point, using a temporary breakpoint.
The @kbd{f} command runs the program forward over one expression. More
precisely, it sets a temporary breakpoint at the position that
@ -427,14 +426,23 @@ recursively. Whenever Edebug is active, you can quit to the top level
with @kbd{q} or abort one recursive edit level with @kbd{C-]}. You can
display a backtrace of all the pending evaluations with @kbd{d}.
@node Breakpoints
@subsection Breakpoints
@node Breaks
@subsection Breaks
@cindex breakpoints
Edebug's step mode stops execution when the next stop point is reached.
There are three other ways to stop Edebug execution once it has started:
breakpoints, the global break condition, and source breakpoints.
@menu
* Breakpoints:: Breakpoints at stop points.
* Global Break Condition:: Breaking on an event.
* Source Breakpoints:: Embedding breakpoints in source code.
@end menu
@node Breakpoints
@subsubsection Breakpoints
@cindex breakpoints
While using Edebug, you can specify @dfn{breakpoints} in the program you
are testing: these are places where execution should stop. You can set a
breakpoint at any stop point, as defined in @ref{Using Edebug}. For
@ -494,12 +502,6 @@ function, or to the first breakpoint if there are no following
breakpoints. This command does not continue execution---it just moves
point in the buffer.
@menu
* Global Break Condition:: Breaking on an event.
* Source Breakpoints:: Embedding breakpoints in source code.
@end menu
@node Global Break Condition
@subsubsection Global Break Condition
@ -515,7 +517,9 @@ evaluating the condition gets an error, execution does not stop.
@findex edebug-set-global-break-condition
The condition expression is stored in
@code{edebug-global-break-condition}. You can specify a new expression
using the @kbd{X} command (@code{edebug-set-global-break-condition}).
using the @kbd{X} command from the source code buffer while Edebug is
active, or using @kbd{C-x X X} from any buffer at any time, as long as
Edebug is loaded (@code{edebug-set-global-break-condition}).
The global break condition is the simplest way to find where in your
code some event occurs, but it makes code run much more slowly. So you
@ -582,13 +586,14 @@ effect outside of Edebug.
@table @kbd
@item v
Temporarily view the outside window configuration
(@code{edebug-view-outside}).
View the outside window configuration (@code{edebug-view-outside}).
Type @kbd{C-x X w} to return to Edebug.
@item p
Temporarily display the outside current buffer with point at its outside
position (@code{edebug-bounce-point}). With a prefix argument @var{n},
pause for @var{n} seconds instead.
Temporarily display the outside current buffer with point at its
outside position (@code{edebug-bounce-point}), pausing for one second
before returning to Edebug. With a prefix argument @var{n}, pause for
@var{n} seconds instead.
@item w
Move point back to the current stop point in the source code buffer
@ -610,8 +615,12 @@ source code buffer, you must use @kbd{C-x X W} from the global keymap.
You can view the outside window configuration with @kbd{v} or just
bounce to the point in the current buffer with @kbd{p}, even if
it is not normally displayed. After moving point, you may wish to jump
back to the stop point with @kbd{w} from a source code buffer.
it is not normally displayed.
After moving point, you may wish to jump back to the stop point.
You can do that with @kbd{w} from a source code buffer. You can jump
back to the stop point in the source code buffer from any buffer using
@kbd{C-x X w}.
Each time you use @kbd{W} to turn saving @emph{off}, Edebug forgets the
saved outside window configuration---so that even if you turn saving
@ -838,8 +847,9 @@ redefining the functions @code{edebug-print-trace-before} and
@defmac edebug-tracing string body@dots{}
This macro requests additional trace information around the execution
of the @var{body} forms. The argument @var{string} specifies text
to put in the trace buffer. All the arguments are evaluated, and
@code{edebug-tracing} returns the value of the last form in @var{body}.
to put in the trace buffer, after the @samp{@{} or @samp{@}}. All
the arguments are evaluated, and @code{edebug-tracing} returns the
value of the last form in @var{body}.
@end defmac
@defun edebug-trace format-string &rest format-args
@ -990,7 +1000,7 @@ current buffer, are saved and restored.
@item
@cindex window configuration (Edebug)
The outside window configuration is saved and restored if
@code{edebug-save-windows} is non-@code{nil} (@pxref{Edebug Display Update}).
@code{edebug-save-windows} is non-@code{nil} (@pxref{Edebug Options}).
The window configuration is not restored on error or quit, but the
outside selected window @emph{is} reselected even on error or quit in
@ -1061,8 +1071,21 @@ Edebug is active, @code{defining-kbd-macro} is bound to
@code{edebug-continue-kbd-macro}.
@end itemize
@node Edebug and Macros
@subsection Edebug and Macros
To make Edebug properly instrument expressions that call macros, some
extra care is needed. This subsection explains the details.
@menu
* Instrumenting Macro Calls:: The basic problem.
* Specification List:: How to specify complex patterns of evaluation.
* Backtracking:: What Edebug does when matching fails.
* Specification Examples:: To help understand specifications.
@end menu
@node Instrumenting Macro Calls
@subsection Instrumenting Macro Calls
@subsubsection Instrumenting Macro Calls
When Edebug instruments an expression that calls a Lisp macro, it needs
additional information about the macro to do the job properly. This is
@ -1101,7 +1124,7 @@ define Edebug specifications for special forms implemented in C.
@deffn Macro def-edebug-spec macro specification
Specify which expressions of a call to macro @var{macro} are forms to be
evaluated. @var{specification} should be the edebug specification.
It is not evaluated.
Neither argument is evaluated.
The @var{macro} argument can actually be any symbol, not just a macro
name.
@ -1128,12 +1151,12 @@ calling form. The possible elements of a specification list are
described in the following sections.
@end table
@menu
* Specification List:: How to specify complex patterns of evaluation.
* Backtracking:: What Edebug does when matching fails.
* Specification Examples:: To help understand specifications.
@end menu
@vindex edebug-eval-macro-args
If a macro has no Edebug specification, neither through a @code{debug}
declaration nor through a @code{def-edebug-spec} call, the variable
@code{edebug-eval-macro-args} comes into play. If it is @code{nil},
the default, none of the arguments is instrumented for evaluation.
If it is non-@code{nil}, all arguments are instrumented.
@node Specification List
@subsubsection Specification List
@ -1406,7 +1429,7 @@ inside of the sublist to prevent backtracking once a sublist is found.
Edebug uses the following specifications for @code{defun} and
@code{defmacro} and the associated argument list and @code{interactive}
specifications. It is necessary to handle interactive forms specially
since an expression argument it is actually evaluated outside of the
since an expression argument is actually evaluated outside of the
function body.
@smallexample