From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:42:09 +0200 Message-ID: <83d1r0iyy6.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87h9gd3ux3.fsf@gmail.com> <838u1pj996.fsf@gnu.org> <878u1o50l6.fsf@gmail.com> <83k2l8j1uc.fsf@gnu.org> <871t7g4ywv.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1457725402 25791 80.91.229.3 (11 Mar 2016 19:43:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 19:43:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22984@debbugs.gnu.org To: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 11 20:43:11 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aeSxq-0008TQ-9R for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:43:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57368 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeSxp-0007PK-Fm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:43:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42163) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeSxl-0007Nl-IV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:43:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeSxi-0001GQ-AW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:43:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:48303) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeSxi-0001GM-6j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:43:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aeSxi-0005Xx-1v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:43:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 19:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22984 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22984-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22984.145772537121305 (code B ref 22984); Fri, 11 Mar 2016 19:43:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22984) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Mar 2016 19:42:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45430 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aeSxX-0005XZ-GU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:42:51 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51090) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aeSxV-0005XM-Jy for 22984@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:42:49 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeSxN-0001B7-9O for 22984@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:42:44 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:52615) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeSxN-0001B3-62; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:42:41 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3973 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aeSxM-0005CD-G3; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:42:40 -0500 In-reply-to: <871t7g4ywv.fsf@gmail.com> (nljlistbox2@gmail.com) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:114777 Archived-At: > From: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) > Cc: 22984@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:06:40 -0400 > > >> Perhaps something along the lines of: > >> > >> This will suggest the default binary for GDB to start; if you want > >> GDB to start a different binary, change the suggestion as needed. > >> Alternatively, if you want to attach GDB to an already running Emacs > >> process... > > > > No, this is a false dichotomy. The real issue here is that, when you > > invoke GDB like that, the default binary it suggests is not emacs, > > it's something else. Try it, and you will see. > > Yes, when I accepted the default, (something like `prog 3' IIRC), GDB > then complained that it didn't exist. > > Anyway, if this is not what the paragraph is trying to say, then I don't > know what is intending to say, which still suggests that it could > benefit from some clarification. > > In particular: > > - the noun that "it" seems to stand for is the "suggestion" but that > noun never appears, so grammatically "it" must be referring to something > else -- but what?; > > - the "you are going to start" seems wrong; won't it be GDB that will > start the process?; > > - the "new process" in the second case suggests that there is not a new > process being started in the first (default) case. > > I hope I'm not being too nitpicky (nor too obtuse) here. Just seems to > me there is a bit of opportunity here for an improvement. I'm not sure. How a bout if you suggest an alternative wording, perhaps it will explain better what you'd like to see there?