From c4b4948845508d599f6176441a833ae1a2cb6d40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Kangas Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 22:36:33 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Don't recommend inverse-video for debugging * etc/DEBUG: Don't recommend 'inverse-video', which has been broken for 20 years, give or take. (Bug#11430) --- etc/DEBUG | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/DEBUG b/etc/DEBUG index dd699f962ba..9dae54aeabd 100644 --- a/etc/DEBUG +++ b/etc/DEBUG @@ -864,11 +864,6 @@ in your ~/.emacs file. When the problem happens, exit the Emacs that you were running, kill it, and rename the two files. Then you can start another Emacs without clobbering those files, and use it to examine them. -An easy way to see if too much text is being redrawn on a terminal is to -evaluate '(setq inverse-video t)' before you try the operation you think -will cause too much redrawing. This doesn't refresh the screen, so only -newly drawn text is in inverse video. - ** Debugging LessTif If you encounter bugs whereby Emacs built with LessTif grabs all mouse -- 2.39.2