Re: [PATCH] -nx-except-gdbtkinit option

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 09:33:17PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >    gdb -nx-except-gdbtkinit -d scriptdir -x globalscript \
> >          -x ~/.gdbinit -x ./.gdbinit .....
> > 
> > The purpose is (among other things) to set up transparently (to the 
> > user) a selection of user-defined commands (for connecting and 
> > configuring target boards) which are available to users in the .gdbinit 
> > files.
> 
> Sorry, I'm still confused.  Doesn't GDB normally read ~/.gdbinit and
> ./.gdbinit?  If so, why do you need to use -nx and then load these
> init files manually?

In order for the global script to be loaded before .gdbinit, I think.

> > If -nx is used it has undesirable side effects when using Insight.
> 
> In case it wasn't clear, it's those ``undesirable side effects'' are
> what I was asking to describe in some detail.  I don't understand what
> kind of problems it causes.  Perhaps those are misfeatures or bugs we
> need to fix, instead of introducing a new option.

It sounds like there's no GDB command to process .gdbtkinit, which is a
TCL file rather than a GDB CLI script file.  Andrew, is that right?  If
so, have you considered adding such a command to Insight, instead?


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