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bug#6128: Suggestion for improving info node "GDB Graphical Interface"
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From: |
Chong Yidong |
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bug#6128: Suggestion for improving info node "GDB Graphical Interface" |
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Date: |
Fri, 07 May 2010 10:51:31 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.97 (gnu/linux) |
Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:
> On Thu, 6 May 2010 22:35:15 +0100 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> wrote:
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>> "In effect, this makes Emacs into an IDE (interactive development
>> environment)."
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>> I suggest this sentence be removed. There are two problems: first,
>> "IDE" stands for "Integrated Development Environment", not
>> "Interactive Development Environment". Secondly, the GDB Graphical
>> Interface does not make Emacs either of those things: it is both
>> already integrated (in this case, for debugging, with the existing
>> gud-* modes) and interactive (fundamentally). Perhaps the intention of
>> this sentence is to advertise that this mode can make Emacs more like
>> a more typical GUI-based IDE, but that dubious both as a statement and
>> as a wish.
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> I agree the sentence should be removed, which would obviate needing to
> correct its grammar (to either "makes Emacs an IDE" or "turns Emacs into
> an IDE").
I agree. Committed to the repository.