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bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG
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N. Jackson |
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bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:06:40 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
At 20:39 +0200 on Friday 2016-03-11, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
>> From: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson)
>> Cc: 22984@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:30:29 -0400
>>
>> This will suggest the default binary to debug; if you are going to
>> start a new Emacs process, change it as needed to point to the
>> correct binary.
>>
>> I think the full meaning of this sentence only becomes clear after one
>> reads the following sentence:
>>
>> Alternatively, if you want to attach the debugger to an already
>> running Emacs process...
>>
>> The problems with the first sentence are "you", "new", and "it". Perhaps
>> it could be made slightly clearer?
>>
>> 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.
Regards,
N.
- bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG, N. Jackson, 2016/03/11
- bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/11
- bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG, N. Jackson, 2016/03/11
- bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/11
- bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG,
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- bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/11
- bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG, N. Jackson, 2016/03/11
- bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/11
- bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG, N. Jackson, 2016/03/11
- bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/12