From 3bbea6a365130278b02bde9cf555e21b367b4971 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 08:31:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Reverse Debugging): Fix wording of the last change. --- doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/emacs/building.texi | 17 +++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index fd75ce432ab..dda65ec29d6 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2009-08-08 Eli Zaretskii + + * building.texi (Reverse Debugging): Fix wording of the last change. + 2009-08-08 Nick Roberts * building.texi (Reverse Debugging): New section. diff --git a/doc/emacs/building.texi b/doc/emacs/building.texi index 6083541d33f..d070debdf4a 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/building.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/building.texi @@ -1183,14 +1183,15 @@ takes a long time to reproduce the conditions where your program fails or for transient problems, like race conditions in multi-threaded problems, where a failure might otherwise be hard to reproduce. -To use reverse debugging set a breakpoint near the location of -interest and run your program to that point. Process recording is -enabled by clicking on the record button. At this point a new set of -buttons appear that allow execution in the reverse direction. Execute -over the code where the problem occurs and then use the new set of -buttons to retrace your steps, examine values and analyse the problem. -When analysis is complete then turn off process recording by clicking -on the record button again. +To use reverse debugging, set a breakpoint slightly before the +location of interest and run your program to that point. Enable +process recording by clicking on the record button. At this point, a +new set of buttons appear. These buttons allow program execution in +the reverse direction. Run your program over the code where the +problem occurs, and then use the new set of buttons to retrace your +steps, examine values, and analyze the problem. When analysis is +complete, turn off process recording by clicking on the record button +again. @node Executing Lisp @section Executing Lisp Expressions -- 2.39.2