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Re: gdb "automation" question
>>>>> "Steffen" == Steffen Dettmer <steffen.dettmer@googlemail.com> writes:
Steffen> thanks to Tom and others I made progress to automatically display
Steffen> my remote log messages using python-enabled gdb-7.1.
Steffen> #1 When several messages were printed, I get
Steffen> ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
Steffen> is there a way to avoid it?
"set pagination off".
If you're referring to script-generated output, I don't think we
currently have a way to print unfiltered.
Steffen> #2 How do I write show_log in Python? According to the online manual
Steffen> `Python representation of symbols' I understood that I have to
Steffen> use gdb.lookup_symbol. Is this right? I tried
Steffen> gdb.lookup_symbol("logStaticLogBuffer")
Steffen> but this only leads to
Steffen> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'lookup_symbol'
You need a newer gdb. lookup_symbol was added after 7.1.
Steffen> #3 my connect command has to disable breakpoints.
Steffen> I cannot re-enable them, because it does not know which
Steffen> breakpoints were enabled and which not.
I think with a newer gdb you could compute this info from Python.
Steffen> #4 How do I source ~/.gdbinit.py if and only if I have a python-enabled
Steffen> gdb?
Steffen> If not possible:
Steffen> Would it be an idea for a future version to add such a feature?
I don't think there is a way.
It would be reasonable to add something.
I think question #5 is implicitly answered by the above...
Steffen> #6 BTW, why does `source ~/.gdbinit.py' work? Is the file name
Steffen> extension telling that it contains Python syntax?
Yes, see "set script-extension".
Tom