Debug channel docu update

[Dimitrie O. Paun]

On September 18, 2002 12:08 am, Dimitrie O. Paun wrote:
> A patch I promised some time ago

Too fast, again. Just noticed more problems. Use this one
instead.

 ChangeLog
   Update debug channel usage in DEVELOPER-HINTS
   Remove references to obsolete dirs

Index: DEVELOPERS-HINTS
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvs/wine/DEVELOPERS-HINTS,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.12 DEVELOPERS-HINTS
--- DEVELOPERS-HINTS	6 May 2002 20:08:43 -0000	1.12
+++ DEVELOPERS-HINTS	18 Sep 2002 04:20:22 -0000
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@
 Binary loader specific directories:
 -----------------------------------
 
-	debugger/		- built-in debugger
 	if1632/			- relay code
 	miscemu/		- hardware instruction emulation
 	graphics/win16drv/	- Win16 printer driver
@@ -144,7 +143,6 @@
 -----------------------------
 
 	library/		- Required code for programs using Winelib
-	libtest/		- Small samples and tests
 	programs/		- Extended samples / system utilities
 
 
@@ -296,10 +294,8 @@
 --------------
 
 If you need to create a new debug channel, just add the
-DECLARE_DEBUG_CHANNEL to your .c file(s) and rerun
-tools/make_debug. When sending out your patch, you don't need to
-provide neither ./configure nor the ./include/debugdefs.h diffs. Just
-indicate that those files need to be regenerated.
+WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL to your .c file(s), and use them. 
+All the housekeeping will happen automatically.
 
 Resources
 ---------
@@ -514,36 +510,30 @@
 To display a message only during debugging, you normally write something
 like this:
 
-        TRACE(win,"abc...");  or
-        FIXME(win,"abc...");  or
-        WARN(win,"abc...");   or
-        ERR(win,"abc...");
+        TRACE("abc...");  or
+        FIXME("abc...");  or
+        WARN("abc...");   or
+        ERR("abc...");
 
 depending on the seriousness of the problem. (documentation/degug-msgs
-explains when it is appropriate to use each of them)
+explains when it is appropriate to use each of them). You need to declare
+the debug channel name at the top of the file (after the includes) using
+the WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL macro, like so:
 
-These macros are defined in include/debug.h. The macro-definitions are
-generated by the shell-script tools/make_debug. It scans the source
-code for symbols of this forms and puts the necessary macro
-definitions in include/debug.h and include/debugdefs.h. These macros
-test whether the debugging "channel" associated with the first
-argument of these macros (win in the above example) is enabled and
-thus decide whether to actually display the text.  In addition you can
-change the types of displayed messages by supplying the "-debugmsg"
-option to Wine.  If your debugging code is more complex than just
-printf, you can use the symbols TRACE_ON(xxx), WARN_ON(xxx),
-ERR_ON(xxx) and FIXME_ON(xxx) as well. These are true when channel xxx
-is enabled, either permanent or in the command line. Thus, you can
-write:
+	WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(win);
 
-	if(TRACE_ON(win))DumpSomeStructure(&str);
+If your debugging code is more complex than just printf, you can use 
+the macros:
+
+	TRACE_ON(xxx), WARN_ON(xxx), ERR_ON(xxx) and FIXME_ON(xxx) 
+
+to test if the given channel is enabled. Thus, you can write:
+
+	if (TRACE_ON(win)) DumpSomeStructure(&str);
 
 Don't worry about the inefficiency of the test. If it is permanently 
 disabled (that is TRACE_ON(win) is 0 at compile time), the compiler will 
 eliminate the dead code.
-
-You have to start tools/make_debug only if you introduced a new macro,
-e.g.  TRACE(win32).
 
 For more info about debugging messages, read: