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If you report a Spaz problem, sometimes we’ll ask that you enable debug. This produces a file that traces what Spaz does and helps to track down problems.

Enable Debug (through Spaz)

If you start Spaz and can’t see the window, use the manual procedure described below this one. Otherwise:

• Go to the Preferences tab
• Open the Debugging window
• Select the “Enabled” check box
• Save Preferences
• Shutdown Spaz
• Restart Spaz

One restarted, Spaz dumps information about internal processing to a file called “spaz-debug.log”. The file is created in your “documents directory”:

Enable Debug (manually)

If the problem is that Spaz is invisible (i.e. you can’t see the Spaz window after startup) then you’ll need to manually enable debug.

• Preferences are in a file called “preferences.json” in the AIR Local Store
• The location of the Local Store differs by operating system:
  • For Windows XP, it’s something like: C:\Documents and Settings\[username]/Application Data/Spaz.AIR.16CB261D461B1CA2027F7C39946115FA2DC8CD7F.1/Local Store. Note that the Application Data folder is a hidden directory; unless you can see hidden files and folders, you may not be able to find it in Windows Explorer.
  • For Mac OSX, it’s …
  • For Linux it’s …
  • For Windows Vista it’s …
• Once you’ve found the file, open it in a text editor
• Look for the text "debug-enabled":false and change it to "debug-enabled":true
• Don’t add linebreaks, spaces or tabs
• Save the file.

One restarted, Spaz dumps information about internal processing to a file called “spaz-debug.log”. The file is created in your “documents directory”: