gdb in emacs : dereference pointer

[Nick Roberts]

 > I know this sounds ridiculous but I cant figure out how to get emacs to
 > display VALUES or dereferenced values in the locals or any other pane of the
 > multi-window GUD setup.

It does sound a bit ridiculous because this is mailing for GDB not Emacs

 > Yes, I can "display" so it is shown after every step but that is horrible -
 > I want it in a fixed place in the locals pane. What obvious thing am I
 > missing here?

You can't currently do this as it's not straightforward to implement.  You can
dereference them as watch expressions in the speedbar (maybe thats what you
mean by "display").

 > I really dont want to use ddd.

Insight does what you want.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob