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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2016-03-12 10:32:16 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2016-03-12 10:32:16 +0200
commit6d8e1f0276fb6cce8d3f1e707bf52c18f8fb70d0 (patch)
treecd42b1c44663eb22a4a8d7bf53732c5549d8ef25
parent12663618dfb5532d6414f6d12706f3ad441c0a15 (diff)
; * etc/DEBUG: Improve wording. (Bug#22984)
-rw-r--r--etc/DEBUG15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/etc/DEBUG b/etc/DEBUG
index c2fb5ab911..eef67dad50 100644
--- a/etc/DEBUG
+++ b/etc/DEBUG
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ prompt, to unconditionally load the GDB init file.
We recommend using the GUI front-end for GDB provided by Emacs. With
it, you can start GDB by typing "M-x gdb RET". This will suggest the
-default binary to debug; if you are going to start a new Emacs
-process, change it as needed to point to the correct binary.
-Alternatively, if you want to attach the debugger to an already
-running Emacs process, change the GDB command shown in the minibuffer
-to say this:
+file name of the default binary to debug; if the suggested default is
+not the Emacs binary you want to debug, change the file name as
+needed. Alternatively, if you want to attach the debugger to an
+already running Emacs process, change the GDB command shown in the
+minibuffer to say this:
gdb -i=mi -p PID
@@ -681,8 +681,9 @@ not exit when it should.
On GNU and Unix systems, you can also trying sending Emacs SIGUSR2,
which, if 'debug-on-event' has its default value, will cause Emacs to
attempt to break it out of its current loop and into the Lisp
-debugger. This feature is useful when a C-level debugger is not
-conveniently available.
+debugger. (See the node "Debugging" in the ELisp manual for the
+details about the Lisp debugger.) This feature is useful when a
+C-level debugger is not conveniently available.
** If certain operations in Emacs are slower than they used to be, here
is some advice for how to find out why.