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e-max-debug function #115

Closed senny closed 12 years ago

senny commented 12 years ago

Sometimes strange bugs occur like the one in #114. To facilitate the debugging we should add a function like e-max-debug which opens a new buffer and prints lots of internal details. From the top of my head, these should be listed:

running e-max git revision
activated bundles
operating system
Emacs version

I think we can extend this function whenever new insight is needed when hunting down a user-specific bug.

senny commented 12 years ago

@jone please complement the list.

jone commented 12 years ago

(reporter-dump-state) displays the last traceback, this could be helpful in some cases.

The personal configuration could also be of interest, but this may be a sensitive issue. Especially the local.el could contain passwords, but also the custom.el (e.g. erc mode).

senny commented 12 years ago

yes I advocate not to post complete configurations but more specific variables, which are of intrest.