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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/building.texi,v
From: |
Nick Roberts |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/building.texi,v |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Nov 2006 08:37:07 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Nick Roberts <nickrob> 06/11/26 08:37:07
Index: building.texi
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/man/building.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.109
retrieving revision 1.110
diff -u -b -r1.109 -r1.110
--- building.texi 7 Oct 2006 23:38:51 -0000 1.109
+++ building.texi 26 Nov 2006 08:37:07 -0000 1.110
@@ -536,10 +536,11 @@
@subsection Debugger Operation
@cindex fringes, and current execution line in GUD
- When you run a debugger with GUD using the textual interface, the
-debugger uses an Emacs buffer for its ordinary input and output. This
-is called the GUD buffer. Input and output from the program you are
-debugging also use this buffer.
+ Generally when you run a debugger with GUD, the debugger uses an Emacs
+buffer for its ordinary input and output. This is called the GUD
+buffer. Input and output from the program you are debugging also use
+this buffer. We call this @dfn{text command mode}. The GDB Graphical
+Interface can use further buffers (@pxref{GDB Graphical Interface}).
The debugger displays the source files of the program by visiting
them in Emacs buffers. An arrow in the left fringe indicates the
@@ -563,13 +564,13 @@
The Tooltip facility (@pxref{Tooltips}) provides support for address@hidden
You activate this feature by turning on the minor mode
@code{gud-tooltip-mode}. Then you can display a variable's value in a
-tooltip simply by pointing at it with the mouse. In graphical mode,
-with a C program, you can also display the @code{#define} directive
-associated with an identifier when the program is not executing. This
-operates in the GUD buffer and in source buffers with major modes in
-the list @code{gud-tooltip-modes}. If the variable
address@hidden is address@hidden then the variable's
-value is displayed in the echo area.
+tooltip simply by pointing at it with the mouse. This operates in the
+GUD buffer and in source buffers with major modes in the list
address@hidden If the variable @code{gud-tooltip-echo-area}
+is address@hidden then the variable's value is displayed in the echo
+area. When debugging a C program using the GDB Graphical Interface, you
+can also display macro definitions associated with an identifier when
+the program is not executing.
GUD tooltips are disabled when you use GDB in text command mode
(@pxref{GDB Graphical Interface}), because displaying an expression's
@@ -828,11 +829,13 @@
@vindex gud-gdb-command-name
@findex gdba
You can also run GDB in text command mode, like other debuggers. To
-do this, set @code{gud-gdb-command-name} to @code{"gdb --fullname"} or
-edit the startup command in the minibuffer to say that. You need to
-do use text command mode to run multiple debugging sessions within one
-Emacs session. If you have customized @code{gud-gdb-command-name} in
-that way, you can use @kbd{M-x gdba} to invoke GDB in graphical mode.
+do this, replace the GDB @code{"--annotate=3"} option with
address@hidden"--fullname"} either in the minibuffer for the current Emacs
+session, or the custom variable @code{gud-gdb-command-name} for all
+future sessions. You need to use text command mode to debug multiple
+programs within one Emacs session. If you have customized
address@hidden in this way, you can use @kbd{M-x gdba} to
+invoke GDB in graphical mode.
@menu
* GDB-UI Layout:: Control the number of displayed buffers.
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/building.texi,v,
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