Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 18:01:44 -0800 (PST)
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To: "M. Schulter" <mschulter AT value DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: no GUD from emacs in DOS...how debug?
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At 12:55  1/12/1998 GMT, M. Schulter wrote:
>: I don't exit Emacs, I shell to DOS to debug, and then type "exit [Enter]" 
>: to return to Emacs.  This is faster, especially when you have a lot of
>: files loaded, since you don't lose the display setup, the history of
>: the commands, etc.
>
>Of course, as an Emacs user, I'd agree: this is one example of the
>suggestion in the manual that one should usually prefer to suspend Emacs
>(C-z). For a task like running command-line gdb while programming in
>Emacs, I would find the idea of really exiting Emacs (C-x C-c) a
>surprising one. 
>
>Maybe some of the complications of a non-multiprocessing system like DOS
>make it a bit less likely that one would remain in Emacs for an entire
>computing system (easy and routine in UNIX, I've heard), but C-z does have
>its uses, and I use it often.
Very true. In my case, however, I use DOS and Windows 3.1 both frequently,
and when I shell from Emacs and then forget what I've done and try to run
Windows, it doesn't work quite right. Then when I exit Windows and try to
exit the DOS shell, Emacs crashes with a "Double Fault" message. It does not
surprise or bother me that Windows under Emacs doesn't work; I just tend to
forget and try to do it.
So I've gotten used to exiting Emacs when I want to use DOS. I'm now trying
to wean myself of the habit for Unix. :)


Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net