From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 7507@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7507: 24.0.50; GDB dialog: default should not be `Yes' if GDB is not installed
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 00:56:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bn4ur783.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <77F0EF3B1EE7429F9E6A298D109B3962@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:52:46 -0800")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Why does the question asking whether I want to debug with GDB have `Yes'
> as the default value if I don't even have GDB installed? That obliges
> users to pick up the mouse and click `No' instead of just hitting RET.
> If you try to answer `Yes' you just get into trouble: That provokes a
> Microsoft error, letting you send lots of interesting info to MS for
> `GNU Emacs: The extensible self-documenting text editor'. I.e., `Yes'
> => Microsoft dialog box: `Send Error Report' or `Don't Send'.
When does Emacs ask whether you want to debug something with GDB? I
can't recall it ever asking me that...
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-28 16:52 bug#7507: 24.0.50; GDB dialog: default should not be `Yes' if GDB is not installed Drew Adams
2016-04-27 22:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2016-04-28 0:09 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-28 5:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-28 9:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-28 11:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-28 11:15 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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