From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:40:53 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Fix bug #18113 with ambiguous wording in etc/DEBUG. X-Git-Tag: emacs-24.3.93~41 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c734f28e4345a96ab5c4f09e2821e5178ebb0cd0;p=emacs.git Fix bug #18113 with ambiguous wording in etc/DEBUG. etc/DEBUG: Improve wording. --- diff --git a/etc/DEBUG b/etc/DEBUG index c1b04eaf7f2..096bdbc48c9 100644 --- a/etc/DEBUG +++ b/etc/DEBUG @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ See the end of the file for license conditions. [People who debug Emacs on Windows using Microsoft debuggers should read the Windows-specific section near the end of this document.] -** When you debug Emacs with GDB, you should start it in the directory -where the executable was made (the 'src' directory in the Emacs source -tree). That directory has a .gdbinit file that defines various +** When you debug Emacs with GDB, you should start GDB in the directory +where the Emacs executable was made (the 'src' directory in the Emacs +source tree). That directory has a .gdbinit file that defines various "user-defined" commands for debugging Emacs. (These commands are described below under "Examining Lisp object values" and "Debugging Emacs Redisplay problems".) @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ you will see a warning when GDB starts, like this: warning: File ".../src/.gdbinit" auto-loading has been declined by your `auto-load safe-path' set to "$debugdir:$datadir/auto-load". There are several ways to overcome that difficulty, they are all -described in the node "Auto-loading safe path" in the GDB user manual. +described in the node "Auto-loading safe path" in the GDB user +manual. If nothing else helps, type "source /path/to/.gdbinit RET" at +the GDB prompt, to unconditionally load the GDB init file. ** When you are trying to analyze failed assertions or backtraces, it is essential to compile Emacs with flags suitable for debugging.