[PATCH] GDB command-line switches and annotations docs
Eli Zaretskii
eliz@delorie.com
Wed Mar 15 06:14:00 GMT 2000
> > If it would help, I could add a note telling that the event loop is
> > still not fully asynchronous, with a FIXME comment that the note
> > should be removed when the target side is done. Okay?
>
> Perfect, thanks!
I attach below the changes which address the above, and also what Stan
said about moving the Annotations chapter before the appendices.
These changes are to be applied _on top_ of those I sent in the
previous message.
Is it okay to commit this and the previous patch?
--- gdb/doc/gdb.t~1 Fri Mar 10 16:39:30 2000
+++ gdb/doc/gdb.texi Tue Mar 14 22:34:26 2000
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
* Controlling GDB:: Controlling @value{GDBN}
* Sequences:: Canned sequences of commands
* Emacs:: Using @value{GDBN} under @sc{gnu} Emacs
+* Annotations:: @value{GDBN}'s annotations interface.
* GDB Bugs:: Reporting bugs in @value{GDBN}
* Formatting Documentation:: How to format and print @value{GDBN} documentation
@@ -153,7 +154,6 @@
* Command Line Editing:: Command Line Editing
* Using History Interactively:: Using History Interactively
* Installing GDB:: Installing GDB
-* Annotations:: @value{GDBN}'s annotations interface.
* Index:: Index
@end menu
@@ -945,6 +945,11 @@
MS-DOS/MS-Windows supports this mode of operation, but the event loop is
suspended when the debuggee runs.}, so you don't need to wait for
control to return to @value{GDBN} before you type the next command.
+(@emph{Note:} as of version 5.0, the target side of the asynchronous
+operation is not yet in place, so @samp{-async} does not work fully
+yet.)
+@c FIXME: when the target side of the event loop is done, the above NOTE
+@c should be removed.
When the standard input is connected to a terminal device, @value{GDBN}
uses the asynchronous event loop by default, unless disabled by the
@@ -11970,6 +11975,8 @@
each value is printed in its own window.
@end ignore
+@include annotate.texi
+
@node GDB Bugs
@chapter Reporting Bugs in @value{GDBN}
@cindex bugs in @value{GDBN}
@@ -12592,8 +12599,6 @@
There are many other options available as well, but they are generally
needed for special purposes only.
-
-@include annotate.texi
@node Index
@unnumbered Index
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