Kim F. Storm wrote: > Kevin Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>But how about providing an Emacs command to debug the crash and >>instructions on how to use it: >> >> If emacs crashed, try running the gdb debugger on the program >> and its core file: >> >> M-x gdb-emacs-crash >> (gdb) bt full >> (gdb) xbacktrace >> >> Then insert the *gud* buffer into this report. The file >> /usr/local/share/emacs/21.3/etc/DEBUG explains how to further >> debug the crash. > > This is a very good suggestion -- but I think it needs a little more > work to handle cases where people already run emacs in gdb, etc.
If the user is savvy enough to have been running emacs under gdb in the first place, I think he/she could infer what to do from the instructions for less-experienced users. -- Kevin Rodgers _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
