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Add debugging instructions for macOS #6641

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I already wrote up debugging instructions for Windows, but never got
around to writing them for macOS - until now! This adds a very basic
introduction to LLDB from the command line, which should empower people
to figure out what’s happening inside Electron when they call an
Electron method from JavaScript.

Closes #5494

@felixrieseberg felixrieseberg changed the title 📝 Add debugging instructions for macOS Add debugging instructions for macOS Jul 28, 2016
counterpart inside the Electron source.

Relevant code files can be found in `./atom/` as well as in Brightray, found in
`./vendor/brightray/browser` and `./vendor/brightray/common`. If you're hardcore,
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If you're hardcore

Ha!

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@zeke 🙇 Thanks for giving it a quick read, will quickly update!

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Great doc, I followed it top to bottom and it worked for me 👍

@@ -93,5 +93,6 @@ an issue:
* [Build Instructions (macOS)](development/build-instructions-osx.md)
* [Build Instructions (Windows)](development/build-instructions-windows.md)
* [Build Instructions (Linux)](development/build-instructions-linux.md)
* [Debug Instructions (macOS)](development/debug-instructions-windows.md)
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the link is wrong.

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Thanks, fixed!

I already wrote up debugging instructions for Windows, but never got
around to writing them for macOS - until now! This adds a very basic
introduction to LLDB from the command line, which should empower people
to figure out what’s happening inside Electron when they call an
Electron method from JavaScript.
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zcbenz commented Jul 30, 2016

👍

@zcbenz zcbenz merged commit a769996 into master Jul 30, 2016
@zcbenz zcbenz deleted the felix-macos-debugging branch July 30, 2016 02:55
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Will there be a Linux version?

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