Changeset 4200 for trunk/etc/DEBUG

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04/07/07 15:49:28 (2 years ago)
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miyoshi
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Sync up with Emacs CVS HEAD.

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  • trunk/etc/DEBUG

    r4196 r4200  
    307307** If you encounter X protocol errors 
    308308 
    309 Try evaluating (x-synchronize t).  That puts Emacs into synchronous 
    310 mode, where each Xlib call checks for errors before it returns.  This 
    311 mode is much slower, but when you get an error, you will see exactly 
    312 which call really caused the error. 
     309The X server normally reports protocol errors asynchronously, 
     310so you find out about them long after the primitive which caused 
     311the error has returned. 
     312 
     313To get clear information about the cause of an error, try evaluating 
     314(x-synchronize t).  That puts Emacs into synchronous mode, where each 
     315Xlib call checks for errors before it returns.  This mode is much 
     316slower, but when you get an error, you will see exactly which call 
     317really caused the error. 
    313318 
    314319You can start Emacs in a synchronous mode by invoking it with the -xrm