Re: Help getting started debugging Emacs on macOS Sierra

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Itai Berli <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:27:01 +0300
> Cc: Emacs developers <address@hidden>
> 
> 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".