" (Details: serial %ld error_code %d request_code %d minor_code %d)\n"
" (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;\n"
" that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.\n"
- " To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line\n"
- " option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful\n"
+ " To debug your program, run it with the GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment\n"
+ " variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful\n"
" backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)",
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