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Re: -nowindows (-nw) option cancels MI interpreter


On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 01:35:39PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 01:24:29PM -0400, Marc Khouzam wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > the -nowindows option to GDB caused the interpreter to be forced to be CONSOLE.
> > This means that something like
> > 	gdb -i=mi -nw 
> > is equivalent to 
> > 	gdb -i=console -nw
> > 
> > I would expect that the MI interpreter would not be affected by the -nw option...
> 
> -nw is completely equivalent to -i=console.  So it's sensitive to
> where you put it on the command line.  I think it's easier to improve
> the manual...

Really? At one point, the cygwin build would automatically pop up
insight if you run gdb. So, I do -nw -a2 to start gdb. When I switch to
mi mode in the future, what should I put?

Bob Rossi


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