Re: finding the hork point in ~/.emacs

[Ihor Radchenko]

> Occasionally it happens that that Emacs barfs on that 
> configuration.  So I just do
>
> emacs -Q
>
> and then visit ~/.emacs.  I then try to C-x C-e every individual 
> statement, until I find the one that Emacs doesn't like.

There is bug-hunter package that automates this process for you.

Best,
Ihor


Carson Chittom <carson@wistly.net> writes:

> ken <gebser@mousecar.com> writes:
>
>> In another thread I spoke too soon about my ~/.emacs fully 
>> working.  A
>> lot of it isn't being executed.  This, to my understanding, 
>> means that
>> some code is no longer working (since my recent emacs upgrade). 
>> Is
>> there some really good method or log file or something else 
>> which would
>> help finding where the hork point is?
>
> I will admit that I'm still at the stage of copy-and-pasting 
> others' configurations to get what I want.
>
> Occasionally it happens that that Emacs barfs on that 
> configuration.  So I just do
>
> emacs -Q
>
> and then visit ~/.emacs.  I then try to C-x C-e every individual 
> statement, until I find the one that Emacs doesn't like.