GNU bug report logs - #70519
30.0.50; Device for Emacs terminal I/O

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Message #11 received at 70519 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 70519 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#70519: 30.0.50; Device for Emacs terminal I/O
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 08:09:45 +0200

On Tue, Apr 23 2024, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> I'd like to start Emacs under GDB, but so that Emacs doesn't use the
>> same terminal as GDB.
>
> You should be able to do that with GDB features.  These include:
>
>   . the 'set inferior-tty' command
>   . the 'set new-console' command
>
> The first sets the terminal of the debuggee to the named terminal, the
> latter causes GDB to create a new terminal each time you "run" a
> debuggee, and force the debuggee to use that new terminal.  These
> commands should work for you without any changes to the Emacs sources.
>
> Alternatively, you could start GDB from a different terminal and
> attach it to an already running Emacs, but this does not allow you to
> debug the Emacs startup code.

Yes, I will use that.  That's much easier than improving a feature that
apparently nobody uses.  You can close this bug.

Helmut

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