From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18799 invoked by alias); 4 Aug 2009 10:12:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 18790 invoked by uid 22791); 4 Aug 2009 10:12:07 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_37,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from viper.snap.net.nz (HELO viper.snap.net.nz) (202.37.101.25) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:12:00 +0000 Received: from totara (17.63.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.63.17]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F7F43DAD16; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 22:11:57 +1200 (NZST) Received: by totara (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EC85CC173; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 22:11:54 +1200 (NZST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19064.2410.863604.37792@totara.tehura.co.nz> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:12:00 -0000 To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: tromey@redhat.com, marc.khouzam@ericsson.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] util.c + doc [was Re: [RFC] Queries and frontends] In-Reply-To: <83zlamsw22.fsf@gnu.org> References: <6D19CA8D71C89C43A057926FE0D4ADAA07C00023@ecamlmw720.eamcs.ericsson.se> <19045.23703.743876.775308@totara.tehura.co.nz> <19053.2107.342469.683795@totara.tehura.co.nz> <19054.23189.193878.534661@totara.tehura.co.nz> <19056.57733.247579.68268@totara.tehura.co.nz> <83zlamsw22.fsf@gnu.org> From: nickrob@snap.net.nz (Nick Roberts) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-08/txt/msg00039.txt.bz2 > "value of `show confirm' command" sounds awkward (a command cannot > have a value). Can you suggest a better wording? Perhaps it's enough to say that they are disabled and point to the existing description. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob Index: gdb.texinfo =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v retrieving revision 1.613 diff -c -p -r1.613 gdb.texinfo *** gdb.texinfo 3 Aug 2009 12:39:00 -0000 1.613 --- gdb.texinfo 4 Aug 2009 10:08:55 -0000 *************** Displays how many symbol complaints @val *** 17972,17977 **** --- 17972,17978 ---- @end table + @anchor{confirmation requests} By default, @value{GDBN} is cautious, and asks what sometimes seems to be a lot of stupid questions to confirm certain commands. For example, if you try to run a program which is already running: *************** The server prefix does not affect the re *** 25664,25669 **** --- 25665,25672 ---- history; to print a value without recording it into the value history, use the @code{output} command instead of the @code{print} command. + It also disables confirmation requests (@pxref{confirmation requests}). + @node Prompting @section Annotation for @value{GDBN} Input