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Add trace log primer to the Contributing section
commit8f1eb7b2b03fd6907307f4e0065d0c43da22edb3 authorKelly Thomas Kline <kellytk@sw-e.org> dateMon 7 Jun 2021, 19:44 (5 years ago) parent82fdfdc
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@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ Some suggestions to get started:
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7979- You can look at the [good first issue](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/labels/good%20first%20issue) label on the issue tracker.
8080- Help with packaging on various distributions needed!
81+- To use print debugging to the `~/.cache/helix/helix.log` file, you must:
82+ * Print using `log::info!`, `warn!`, or `error!`. (`log::info!("helix!")`)
83+ * Pass the appropriate verbosity level option for the desired log level. (`hx -v <file>` for info, more `v`s for higher severity inclusive)
8184- If your preferred language is missing, integrating a tree-sitter grammar for
8285 it and defining syntax highlight queries for it is straight forward and
8386 doesn't require much knowledge of the internals.