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Diffstat (limited to 'etc/DEBUG')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/etc/DEBUG b/etc/DEBUG index 9e3515877e1..acb08c660e0 100644 --- a/etc/DEBUG +++ b/etc/DEBUG @@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ These are displayed as integer values (or structures, if you used the "--enable-check-lisp-object-type" option at configure time) that are hard to interpret, especially if they represent long lists. You can use the 'pp' command to display them in their Lisp form. That command -displays its output on the standard error stream (on GNU/Linux, you -can redirect that to a file using "M-x redirect-debugging-output"). +displays its output on the standard error stream, which you +can redirect to a file using "M-x redirect-debugging-output". This means that if you attach GDB to a running Emacs that was invoked from a desktop icon, chances are you will not see the output at all, or it will wind up in an obscure place (check the documentation of @@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ To see the current value of a Lisp Variable, use 'pv variable'. These commands send their output to stderr; if that is closed or redirected to some file you don't know, you won't see their output. This is particularly so for Emacs invoked on MS-Windows from the -desktop shortcut. On GNU/Linux, you can use the command -'redirect-debugging-output' to redirect stderr to a file. +desktop shortcut. You can use the command 'redirect-debugging-output' +to redirect stderr to a file. Note: It is not a good idea to try 'pr', 'pp', or 'pv' if you know that Emacs is in deep trouble: its stack smashed (e.g., if it encountered SIGSEGV @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ type. Here are these commands: xbufobjfwd xkbobjfwd xbuflocal xbuffer xsymbol xstring xvector xframe xwinconfig xcompiled xcons xcar xcdr xsubr xprocess xfloat xscrollbar xchartable xsubchartable xboolvector xhashtable xlist xcoding - xcharset xfontset xfont xbytecode + xcharset xfontset xfont Each one of them applies to a certain type or class of types. (Some of these types are not visible in Lisp, because they exist only |