[RFA/doco] Document "set/show multiple-symbols" command
Eli Zaretskii
eliz@gnu.org
Wed Apr 2 23:51:00 GMT 2008
> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:50:12 -0700
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
>
> Here is a new throw at documenting this new option. I think I incorporated
> all your comments, and I'm relatively satisfied with the current version.
> Let me know what you think!
Here goes:
> +@node Ambiguous Expressions
> +@section Ambiguous Expressions
> +@cindex Ambiguous Expressions
Index entries should not be capitalized, for consistency with the rest
of the manual.
> +In some cases and depending on the language, it is possible to adjust
> +the expression to remove the ambiguity. For instance in C@t{++}, you
> +can specify the signature of the function you want to break on, as in
> +@samp{break @var{function}(@var{types})}.
Please use @kbd rather than @samp here, since this is a command one
types at the keyboard. (Yes, I know the original used @samp.)
> When you want a breakpoint in a function whose name is overloaded,
> -@value{GDBN} breakpoint menus help you specify which function definition
> -you want. @xref{Breakpoint Menus,,Breakpoint Menus}.
> +@value{GDBN} has the capability to display a breakpoint menu to help you
> +specify which function definition you want.
I think "a breakpoint menu" is better rephrased as "a menu of possible
breakpoint locations".
Other then that, this text is fine with me.
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