From d91e632959067aad8d35f6dff7989a3e0c42f95b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 11:46:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs/debugging: explain how to enable logging on the fly

---
 docs/debugging | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/debugging b/docs/debugging
index b97d7d56..19812f78 100644
--- a/docs/debugging
+++ b/docs/debugging
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ list of sessions in your desktop manager (gdm, lxdm, …), edit
 Exec=i3 --shmlog-size=26214400
 ------------------------------
 
+If you cannot restart i3 for some reason, you can enable debug logging on the
+fly:
+
+---------------------------------------
+i3-msg 'debuglog on; shmlog on; reload'
+---------------------------------------
+
 == Obtaining the debug logfile
 
 No matter whether i3 misbehaved in some way without crashing or whether it just
-- 
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