Mercurial > emacs
changeset 40247:c824be0e27e2
Add information about debugging the tty version.
From Gerd Moellmann.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 24 Oct 2001 09:50:06 +0000 |
| parents | 96b06568acc2 |
| children | 2c3b3b0a9c60 |
| files | etc/DEBUG |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/DEBUG Wed Oct 24 09:12:40 2001 +0000 +++ b/etc/DEBUG Wed Oct 24 09:50:06 2001 +0000 @@ -437,6 +437,28 @@ character positions in buffers and strings; the resulting diagnostics might pinpoint the cause of the problem. +** Debugging the TTY (non-windowed) version + +The most convenient method of debugging the character-terminal display +is to do that on a window system such as X. Begin by starting an +xterm window, then type these commands inside that window: + + $ tty + $ echo $TERM + +Let's say these commands print "/dev/ttyp4" and "xterm", respectively. + +Now start Emacs (the normal, windowed-display session, i.e. without +the `-nw' option), and invoke "M-x gdb RET emacs RET" from there. Now +type these commands at GDB's prompt: + + (gdb) set args -nw -t /dev/ttyp4 + (gdb) set environment TERM xterm + (gdb) run + +The debugged Emacs should now start in no-window mode with its display +directed to the xterm window you opened above. + ** Running Emacs built with malloc debugging packages If Emacs exhibits bugs that seem to be related to use of memory