Using gdb with emacs

[Andrew Cagney]

> If I type `break
> /blah/blah/mauve/gnu/testlet/java/text/DateFormat/Test.java:57', gdb
> could very easily go down the list of directories as set by `dir', and
> for each one go through each file in the executable, concatenate and
> normalize, and then see if the answer is right.


When this was last discussed with mi/dos in mind, one additional nasty 
step was suggested - posix-ise or canonicalise all paths.  perhaps the 
recent ``/'' vs ``\'' cleanup has eliminated the need to do this.
andrew