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authorLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2021-08-21 16:28:51 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2021-08-21 16:28:51 +0200
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Fix perldb doc string
* lisp/progmodes/gud.el (perldb): Fix doc string (bug#14588).
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp')
-rw-r--r--lisp/progmodes/gud.el11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/gud.el b/lisp/progmodes/gud.el
index 08814ebcaaa..021c5a314c9 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/gud.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/gud.el
@@ -1679,9 +1679,14 @@ into one that invokes an Emacs-enabled debugging session.
;;;###autoload
(defun perldb (command-line)
- "Run perldb on program FILE in buffer *gud-FILE*.
-The directory containing FILE becomes the initial working directory
-and source-file directory for your debugger."
+ "Debug a perl program with gud.
+Interactively, this will prompt you for a command line.
+
+Noninteractively, COMMAND-LINE should be on the form
+\"perl -d perl-file.pl\".
+
+The directory containing the perl program becomes the initial
+working directory and source-file directory for your debugger."
(interactive
(list (gud-query-cmdline 'perldb
(concat (or (buffer-file-name) "-e 0") " "))))