changeset 36962:9c7eb7e6bf3e

Document the use of -xrm to start EMacs in synchronous mode.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:38:16 +0000
parents 308e48abddd8
children 7b7bf883e6f1
files etc/DEBUG
diffstat 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/etc/DEBUG	Fri Mar 23 12:26:28 2001 +0000
+++ b/etc/DEBUG	Fri Mar 23 12:38:16 2001 +0000
@@ -249,6 +249,15 @@
 mode is much slower, but when you get an error, you will see exactly
 which call really caused the error.
 
+You can start Emacs in a synchronous mode by invoking it with the -xrm
+option, like this:
+
+    emacs -rm "emacs.synchronous: true"
+
+Setting a breakpoint in the function `x_error_quitter' and looking at
+the backtrace when Emacs stops inside that function will show what
+code causes the X protocol errors.
+
 ** If the symptom of the bug is that Emacs fails to respond
 
 Don't assume Emacs is `hung'--it may instead be in an infinite loop.