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-rw-r--r--etc/DEBUG5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/etc/DEBUG b/etc/DEBUG
index 305988e0def..3f00da3553b 100644
--- a/etc/DEBUG
+++ b/etc/DEBUG
@@ -345,9 +345,12 @@ For instance
export DEBUGSOURCES="RowColumn.c MenuShell.c MenuUtil.c"
export DEBUG_FILE=/usr/tmp/LESSTIF_TRACE
+ emacs &
causes LessTif to print traces from the three named source files to a
-file in `/usr/tmp' (that file can get pretty large).
+file in `/usr/tmp' (that file can get pretty large). The above should
+be typed at the shell prompt before invoking Emacs, as shown by the
+last line above.
Running GDB from another terminal could also help with such problems.
You can arrange for GDB to run on one machine, with the Emacs display