[binutils-gdb] * gdb/source.c: Comment on Emacs double slash processing feature
Eli Zaretskii
eliz@sourceware.org
Thu Sep 18 10:53:58 GMT 2025
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=02c8a09dbfe1af31abf50a608ac27d3d370f2483
commit 02c8a09dbfe1af31abf50a608ac27d3d370f2483
Author: Jeremy Bryant <jb@jeremybryant.net>
Date: Sat Aug 2 21:30:38 2025 +0100
* gdb/source.c: Comment on Emacs double slash processing feature
Diff:
---
gdb/source.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/source.c b/gdb/source.c
index 8cb5c3673a8..99dffa8c0e2 100644
--- a/gdb/source.c
+++ b/gdb/source.c
@@ -774,9 +774,9 @@ prepare_path_for_appending (const char *path)
If FILENAME_OPENED is non-null, set it to a newly allocated string naming
the actual file opened (this string will always start with a "/"). We
- have to take special pains to avoid doubling the "/" between the directory
- and the file, sigh! Emacs gets confuzzed by this when we print the
- source file name!!!
+ have to ensure that we avoid doubling the "/" between the directory and the
+ file, because Emacs has special treatment of double slashes.
+ See "(emacs) Minibuffer File".
If OPTS has OPF_RETURN_REALPATH set return FILENAME_OPENED resolved by
gdb_realpath. Even without OPF_RETURN_REALPATH this function still returns
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