From 1a8d6f61952ddab12f4361937caa69f3d3a51312 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2019 15:43:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] improve reporting of debug status

---
 ChangeLog   | 7 +++++++
 EcLogger.m  | 2 +-
 EcProcess.m | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8099242..9f27baf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2019-10-05 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* EcLogger.m:
+	* EcProcess.m:
+	The debug command at the Console should report when debug (STDERR)
+	is suppressed.
+
 2019-10-04 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* EcCommand.m:
diff --git a/EcLogger.m b/EcLogger.m
index e0fabca..ac7316e 100644
--- a/EcLogger.m
+++ b/EcLogger.m
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static NSArray          *modes;
   [lock lock];
   if (NO == shouldForward)
     {
-      [s appendFormat: @"%@ output via NSLog only.\n", key];
+      [s appendFormat: @"%@ output to file only.\n", key];
     }
   else if (size == 0)
     {
diff --git a/EcProcess.m b/EcProcess.m
index ad752ba..bff9a4c 100644
--- a/EcProcess.m
+++ b/EcProcess.m
@@ -4208,6 +4208,11 @@ NSLog(@"Ignored attempt to set timer interval to %g ... using 10.0", interval);
 
 	  [self cmdPrintf: @"%@\n", cmdDebugKnown];
 	}
+      else if (YES == cmdKillDebug)
+	{
+	  [self cmdPrintf:
+	    @"All output to STDERR suppressed by KillDebugOutput=YES\n"];
+	}
       else if ([msg count] > 1)
 	{
 	  NSString	*mode = (NSString*)[msg objectAtIndex: 1];