From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
To: dj@redhat.com
Cc: cgf@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make cygwin use .gdbinit
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 23:55:00 -0000
Message-ID: <200111260755.JAA10760@is.elta.co.il>
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> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 23:04:26 -0500
> From: DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
> 
> I suggest something like:
> 
>   These files are normally named @file{.gdbinit} although filesystem
>   limitations require that they be named @file{gdb.ini} on some
>   platforms, such as DJGPP.

My suggestion is similar:

  When you start @value{GDBN}, it automatically executes commands from its
  @dfn{init files}, normally called @file{.gdbinit}@footnote{The DJGPP
  port of @value{GDBN} uses the name @file{gdb.ini} instead, due to the
  limitations of file names imposed by DOS filesystems.}.

This banishes the difference into a footnote, where it is less
prominent, and also avoids the pitfall of saying that gdb.ini is only
used on DOS.