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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-01-02 00:24:06 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-01-02 00:24:06 +0000
commit9dc63b7e33993d50edb80651e859dc305ae06661 (patch)
tree46fa95cb512ed4ebfdc2e47b5d7baca71ea38f25 /Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi
parent4d2c7ecc73685bb6c127b483f318187883720a7e (diff)
update doc for debug options
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@16566 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi
index b4a26c2af3d..4c95f2166e8 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi
+++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi
@@ -375,22 +375,19 @@ settings you expect.
@cindex debugging options
@cindex options, debugging
-The @samp{-d} flag to Dvips helps in tracking down certain errors. The
-parameter to this flag is an integer that tells what errors are
+The @samp{-d} flag to Dvips helps in tracking down certain errors.
+The parameter to this flag is an integer that tells what errors are
currently being tracked. To track a certain class of debug messages,
-simply provide the appropriate number given below; if you wish to track
-multiple classes, sum the numbers of the classes you wish to track. To
-track all classes, you can use @code{-1}. Another useful value is
-@code{3650}, which tracks everything having to do with file searching
-and opening.
+specify the appropriate number given below; if you wish to track
+multiple classes, sum the numbers of the classes you wish to track.
+To track all classes, you can use @code{-1}.
-You can also set the environment variable @env{KPATHSEA_DEBUG} to any
-of these values.
-
-Some of these debugging options are actually provided by Kpathsea
-(@pxref{Debugging, , , kpathsea, Kpathsea}).
+You can also set the environment variable @env{KPATHSEA_DEBUG} instead
+of using @samp{-d}. Some of these debugging options are actually
+provided by Kpathsea (@pxref{Debugging, , , kpathsea, Kpathsea}).
The classes are:
+
@table @asis
@item 1
specials
@@ -407,18 +404,16 @@ font compression
@item 64
files
@item 128
-config files
+(omitted)
@item 256
-Partial Type 1 font encoding vectors
+config files
@item 512
-Partial Type 1 subr calls
-@item 1024
Kpathsea @code{stat} calls
-@item 2048
+@item 1024
Kpathsea hash table lookups
-@item 4096
+@item 2048
Kpathsea path element expansion
-@item 8192
+@item 4096
Kpathsea path searches
@end table