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25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)
Cc: 22984-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 10:34:01 +0200

> From: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)
> Cc: 22984 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:18:56 -0400
> 
> At 22:27 +0200 on Friday 2016-03-11, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >
> > How about the following variant?
> >
> >   This will suggest the file name of the default binary to debug; if
> >   the suggested default is not the Emacs binary you want to debug,
> >   change the file name as needed.
> >
> > (This avoids the potentially confusing word "load", and also makes it
> > clear we are talking about debugging Emacs, not some other program.)
> 
> Yes, that's better. It clearly states its meaning.

Pushed, thanks.

> Did you see the following suggestion in my earlier message. [I wasn't
> sure if you'd missed it, or if you'd decided it wasn't valid.] This was
> with regard to etc/DEBUG not being about the Elisp debugger.

We only mention the Lisp debugger once in the entire file.  I added a
reference to the ELisp manual there.

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