From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7808 invoked by alias); 15 Nov 2006 14:38:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 7799 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Nov 2006 14:38:44 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail.codesourcery.com (HELO mail.codesourcery.com) (65.74.133.4) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:38:38 +0000 Received: (qmail 31730 invoked from network); 15 Nov 2006 14:38:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?172.16.64.38?) (vladimir@127.0.0.2) by mail.codesourcery.com with ESMTPA; 15 Nov 2006 14:38:36 -0000 From: Vladimir Prus To: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: MI docs: remove historic note Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:38:00 -0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; boundary="Boundary-00=_tWyWF+HM1+YUuR/" Message-Id: <200611151735.25903.vladimir@codesourcery.com> Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-11/txt/msg00123.txt.bz2 --Boundary-00=_tWyWF+HM1+YUuR/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Content-length: 564 The section of manual that talks about MI variable objects starts by some texts that looks more like email message than documentation, and does not say anything important. I recall I was absolutely buffled when I first saw this section. It seems this section appeared there historically, but no longer is needed. This patch removes that text. Now section on variable object starts with explanation what is variable object -- which looks quite reasonable. OK? - Volodya * gdb.texinfo (Motivation for Variable Objects in GDB/MI): Remove. --Boundary-00=_tWyWF+HM1+YUuR/ Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset="us-ascii"; name="remove_historic_note__gdb_mainline.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="remove_historic_note__gdb_mainline.diff" Content-length: 1524 === gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo ================================================================== --- gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo (/mirrors/gdb_mainline) (revision 2104) +++ gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo (/patches/gdb/remove_historic_note/gdb_mainline) (revision 2104) @@ -19482,40 +19482,6 @@ @node GDB/MI Variable Objects @section @sc{gdb/mi} Variable Objects - -@subheading Motivation for Variable Objects in @sc{gdb/mi} - -For the implementation of a variable debugger window (locals, watched -expressions, etc.), we are proposing the adaptation of the existing code -used by @code{Insight}. - -The two main reasons for that are: - -@enumerate 1 -@item -It has been proven in practice (it is already on its second generation). - -@item -It will shorten development time (needless to say how important it is -now). -@end enumerate - -The original interface was designed to be used by Tcl code, so it was -slightly changed so it could be used through @sc{gdb/mi}. This section -describes the @sc{gdb/mi} operations that will be available and gives some -hints about their use. - -@emph{Note}: In addition to the set of operations described here, we -expect the @sc{gui} implementation of a variable window to require, at -least, the following operations: - -@itemize @bullet -@item @code{-gdb-show} @code{output-radix} -@item @code{-stack-list-arguments} -@item @code{-stack-list-locals} -@item @code{-stack-select-frame} -@end itemize - @subheading Introduction to Variable Objects in @sc{gdb/mi} @cindex variable objects in @sc{gdb/mi} --Boundary-00=_tWyWF+HM1+YUuR/--