From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23456 invoked by alias); 6 Aug 2009 05:21:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 23447 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Aug 2009 05:21:42 -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; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:21:33 +0000 Received: from totara (207.26.255.123.static.snap.net.nz [123.255.26.207]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id D463B3DB1B7; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:21:30 +1200 (NZST) Received: by totara (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8E7D5C173; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:21:29 +1200 (NZST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19066.26713.489510.442352@totara.tehura.co.nz> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:21:00 -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: <83tz0no4d3.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> <19064.2410.863604.37792@totara.tehura.co.nz> <83tz0no4d3.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/msg00083.txt.bz2 > Yes, that's good, but the sentence is too far from the first paragraph > of this section to make "It" self-explanatory. How about the variant > below? > > The @code{server } prefix also disables confirmation requests > (@pxref{confirmation requests}). The phrase "The server prefix" is already used three lines earlier (without @code). How about: *** gdb.texinfo 06 Aug 2009 15:42:03 +1200 1.614 --- gdb.texinfo 06 Aug 2009 17:07:08 +1200 *************** Displays how many symbol complaints @val *** 18009,18014 **** --- 18009,18015 ---- @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: *************** command to repeat if @key{RET} is presse *** 25697,25705 **** means that commands can be run behind a user's back by a front-end in a transparent manner. ! The server prefix does not affect the recording of values into the value ! history; to print a value without recording it into the value history, ! use the @code{output} command instead of the @code{print} command. @node Prompting @section Annotation for @value{GDBN} Input --- 25698,25710 ---- means that commands can be run behind a user's back by a front-end in a transparent manner. ! The @code{server } prefix does not affect the recording of values into ! the value history; to print a value without recording it into the ! value history, use the @code{output} command instead of the ! @code{print} command. ! ! Using this prefix also disables confirmation requests ! (@pxref{confirmation requests}). @node Prompting @section Annotation for @value{GDBN} Input -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob