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authorEli Zaretskii <[email protected]>2006-06-23 18:14:57 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <[email protected]>2006-06-23 18:14:57 +0000
commita313dc7be6db20cf7921cd92fdbf68701f384b8f (patch)
tree79842ab71b6508f81a3b3b5ef2843595a3a1b954 /etc
parent98a9cad39007b1e43cfbcfb970a9c4214435c848 (diff)
Add reference to description of .gdbinit commands.
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diff --git a/etc/DEBUG b/etc/DEBUG
index 090947d57b..63327b3ce5 100644
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+++ b/etc/DEBUG
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ document.]
** When you debug Emacs with GDB, you should start it in the directory
where the executable was made. 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".)
** When you are trying to analyze failed assertions, it will be
essential to compile Emacs either completely without optimizations or
@@ -276,9 +278,9 @@ Debugging with GDB in Emacs offers some advantages over the command line (See
the GDB Graphical Interface node of the Emacs manual). There are also some
features available just for debugging Emacs:
-1) The command gud-pp isavailable on the tool bar (the `pp' icon) and allows
- the user to print the s-expression of the variable at point, in the GUD
- buffer.
+1) The command gud-pp is available on the tool bar (the `pp' icon) and
+ allows the user to print the s-expression of the variable at point,
+ in the GUD buffer.
2) Pressing `p' on a component of a watch expression that is a lisp object
in the speedbar prints its s-expression in the GUD buffer.