"Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
writes:

> Would you have a .emacs part about this (debugging, profiling, etc.) that
> you're willing to share. I am confident that I could jump easier into full
> Emacs Lisp if I would have a better environment.

I'm attaching my lang-emacs-lisp.el file.  The really big modules to know are:

  - edebug  <-- sheer brilliance
  - eldoc
  - elint
  - elp (the Emacs Profiler)

If you do a LOT of code hacking in Lisp, then paredit and redshank are
invaluable.  If you only dabble/debug, they are unnecessary.

John