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Re: [RFA/commit/doco] move handing of "set interactive-mode" to gdb_has_a_terminal
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:59:35 -0500
- Subject: Re: [RFA/commit/doco] move handing of "set interactive-mode" to gdb_has_a_terminal
- References: <1295394141-14863-1-git-send-email-brobecker@adacore.com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:42:21 -0500
>
> I feel that the name of the setting isn't great, and I've been trying
> to find better names, but not much luck (the best I have, I feel, is
> "set/show terminal-mode [on|off|auto]).
I see nothing wrong with "set interactive-mode", maybe because I'm
accustomed to this term in Emacs.
> This patch also adjust the command help and the associated section in
> the GDB Manual to be a little clearer about that.
Thanks.
> If @code{auto} (the default), @value{GDBN} guesses which mode to use,
> -based on whether the debugger was started in a terminal or not.
> +based on standard input settings.
"Based on standard input settings" sounds vague and mysterious. What
exactly does this mean?
Thanks.