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Re: show inferior-tty


 > > What has worked like this for years?  "show inferior-tty" is new isn't it?
 > 
 > Sorry for the lack of information. The "inferior-tty" is simply a better
 > "tty" command. The tty command has had this documentation,
 >    (gdb) help tty
 >    Set terminal for future runs of program being debugged.
 > 
 > > The phrase "of program being debugged" seems redundant to me (what other
 > > possibilities are there?).  It might be even more clear to say:
 > > 
 > > Default terminal for future runs is "/dev/pts/1".
 > > 
 > > since the redirection overrides this.
 > 
 > I like your suggestion. There is still 1 ambiguity though. Is the "Default
 > terminal for future runs" for GDB's I/O? or for the inferior's I/O? I think
 > this question is why the phrase "program being debugged" is used.

I guess thats the reason for "of program being debugged" and explains why it
was a dumb suggestion.

Default terminal for future runs of program being debugged is "/dev/pts/1".?
Default terminal for program I/O for future runs is "/dev/pts/1".?

...pitifully trying to salvage something.

Nick


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