From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 37810 invoked by alias); 15 Feb 2018 20:50:08 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 37668 invoked by uid 89); 15 Feb 2018 20:50:06 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-25.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,GIT_PATCH_0,GIT_PATCH_1,GIT_PATCH_2,GIT_PATCH_3,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy= X-HELO: gateway34.websitewelcome.com Received: from gateway34.websitewelcome.com (HELO gateway34.websitewelcome.com) (192.185.149.46) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:50:05 +0000 Received: from cm10.websitewelcome.com (cm10.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.4]) by gateway34.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E9D95A060 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:50:03 -0600 (CST) Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id mQTje2sGucGlpmQTje0vWw; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:50:03 -0600 Received: from 174-29-60-18.hlrn.qwest.net ([174.29.60.18]:46122 helo=bapiya.Home) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1emQTj-003pYR-9F; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:50:03 -0600 From: Tom Tromey To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Cc: Tom Tromey Subject: [RFA 1/3] Add usage to printf command Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:50:00 -0000 Message-Id: <20180215205001.337-2-tom@tromey.com> In-Reply-To: <20180215205001.337-1-tom@tromey.com> References: <20180215205001.337-1-tom@tromey.com> X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1emQTj-003pYR-9F X-Source-Sender: 174-29-60-18.hlrn.qwest.net (bapiya.Home) [174.29.60.18]:46122 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTM3OS5ibHVlaG9zdC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-02/txt/msg00211.txt.bz2 This patch adds the "Usage:" text to the printf command's help text, and tries to improve the text a tiny bit. gdb/ChangeLog 2018-02-14 Tom Tromey * printcmd.c (_initialize_printcmd): Add usage to printf. --- gdb/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ gdb/printcmd.c | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gdb/printcmd.c b/gdb/printcmd.c index fc9d7e4dd9..13b967f0a2 100644 --- a/gdb/printcmd.c +++ b/gdb/printcmd.c @@ -2680,8 +2680,9 @@ No argument means cancel all automatic-display expressions.\n\ Do \"info display\" to see current list of code numbers."), &deletelist); add_com ("printf", class_vars, printf_command, _("\ -printf \"printf format string\", arg1, arg2, arg3, ..., argn\n\ -This is useful for formatted output in user-defined commands.")); +Formatted printing, like the C \"printf\" function.\n\ +Usage: printf \"format string\", arg1, arg2, arg3, ..., argn\n\ +This supports most C printf format specifications, like %s, %d, etc.")); add_com ("output", class_vars, output_command, _("\ Like \"print\" but don't put in value history and don't print newline.\n\ -- 2.13.6