Variable: debug-on-quit

debug-on-quit is a customizable variable defined in eval.c.

Value

nil

Documentation

Non-nil means enter debugger if quit is signaled (C-g, for example).

Does not apply if quit is handled by a condition-case.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 17.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/eval.c
  DEFVAR_BOOL ("debug-on-quit", debug_on_quit,
    doc: /* Non-nil means enter debugger if quit is signaled (C-g, for example).
Does not apply if quit is handled by a `condition-case'.  */);