From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Help getting started debugging Emacs on macOS Sierra Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:52:23 +0300 Message-ID: <83valuqvmw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87556904-541c-6ef5-5a2b-9b7199ffb603@cs.ucla.edu> <7b152bb1-5768-633c-8b7a-172cc6227a26@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1502445199 21754 195.159.176.226 (11 Aug 2017 09:53:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 09:53:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Itai Berli Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 11 11:53:14 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dg6cz-0005F8-4H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:53:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53284 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dg6d5-0006Yz-CD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 05:53:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46737) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dg6cS-0006XL-MI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 05:52:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dg6cN-0002Bu-Rj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 05:52:40 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59412) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dg6cN-0002Bo-OB; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 05:52:35 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4565 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dg6cM-0008FT-Rj; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 05:52:35 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Itai Berli on Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:27:01 +0300) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:217421 Archived-At: > From: Itai Berli > Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:27:01 +0300 > Cc: Emacs developers > > Paul Eggert wrote: > > > type the GDB command "b Fexpand_file_name" to plant a breakpoint in (say) Fexpand_file_name > > What do you mean by 'Fexpand_file_name'? The name of a file, or the name of a function? It's the name of a function. > Could you give me > a concrete example? Suppose, for instance, I wish to place a breakpoint at the start of the 'main; function. How > can I do so? "b main". "b" is a short for "break".