From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Alain Schneble <a.s@realize.ch>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Revise etc/DEBUG documentation
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2016 09:45:03 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAM-tV-_2JHbO0kB2EoHf2BBQha-GUycvEz+oKXzWiU49vQKJUg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86zinpruq0.fsf@realize.ch>
On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 9:14 AM, Alain Schneble <a.s@realize.ch> wrote:
>>> +When using X, type C-z at the window where Emacs is running under GDB,
>>> +and it will stop Emacs just as it would stop any ordinary program.
>>
>> The "window where Emacs is running under GDB" part is IMO confusing: I
>> couldn't figure out what window does this refer to. There might not
>> be such a window at all, AFAIU.
>
> To be honest, I don't understand this either. But this was there
> before. I just took it over and rephrased it slightly. For example C-z
> in Gnome just minimizes the window (Emacs frame) AFAIK, but doesn't stop
> Emacs. Do you know what C-z usually does in X window with a GUI
> application? Does it send a signal to it?
There's no special meaning of C-z for X windows. Emacs binds it to
`suspend-frame'. The "window" in question here is the window of the
terminal emulator where gdb was started from. In this case hitting C-z
while Emacs is running gives back to the debugger (by sending SIGTSTP
apparently)
(gdb) run
Starting program: /home/npostavs/src/emacs/emacs-master/src/emacs -Q
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0x7fffe959a700 (LWP 23870)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe8981700 (LWP 23871)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe3fff700 (LWP 23872)]
^Z
Thread 1 "emacs" received signal SIGTSTP, Stopped (user).
0x00007ffff0b1918c in pselect () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
(gdb)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-03 13:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-03 10:31 Revise etc/DEBUG documentation Alain Schneble
2016-09-03 11:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-03 13:14 ` Alain Schneble
2016-09-03 13:45 ` Noam Postavsky [this message]
2016-09-03 14:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-03 21:56 ` Alain Schneble
2016-09-03 14:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-03 15:05 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-09-03 15:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-03 21:51 ` Alain Schneble
2016-09-04 14:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-04 16:24 ` Alain Schneble
2016-09-05 16:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-05 17:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-05 19:19 ` Alain Schneble
2016-09-05 19:35 ` Alain Schneble
2016-09-06 2:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-06 10:06 ` Alain Schneble
2016-09-06 15:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-06 16:14 ` Alain Schneble
2016-09-06 16:54 ` Alain Schneble
2016-09-06 21:52 ` Davis Herring
2016-09-07 17:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
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