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From: Guinevere Larsen <guinevere@redhat.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Guinevere Larsen <guinevere@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] gdb: improve help text for set commands with limited options
Date: Fri,  9 Jan 2026 08:56:20 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260109115621.26003-2-guinevere@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260109115621.26003-1-guinevere@redhat.com>

Some "set" commands only allow a select few options, such as the "set
architecture" command, however, there is no way for a user to know which
options are allowed without trying to set something and getting an
error. This commit improves the situation by making the help command list
all the available options.
---
 gdb/cli/cli-decode.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
index 04935575b67..06313ba6c49 100644
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
@@ -1884,6 +1884,16 @@ help_cmd (const char *command, struct ui_file *stream)
       /* Be sure to expand TABs in the documentation.  */
       tab_expansion_file expander (stream);
       gdb_puts (c->doc, &expander);
+      if (c->enums != nullptr)
+	{
+	  gdb_puts ("Available options are:\n", &expander);
+	  const char * const *opt = c->enums;
+	  while (opt != nullptr)
+	    {
+	      gdb_printf (&expander, "%s\n", *opt);
+	      opt ++;
+	    }
+	}
     }
   else
     {
-- 
2.52.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-09 11:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-09 11:56 [PATCH v2 0/2] Add warning if the native target is not supported Guinevere Larsen
2026-01-09 11:56 ` Guinevere Larsen [this message]
2026-01-12 15:35   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] gdb: improve help text for set commands with limited options Andrew Burgess
2026-01-09 11:56 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] gdb: add warning when no native target is available Guinevere Larsen
2026-01-09 12:36   ` Ciaran Woodward
2026-01-09 13:40     ` Guinevere Larsen
2026-01-09 14:16       ` Ciaran Woodward
2026-01-09 14:26         ` Guinevere Larsen
2026-01-09 16:53           ` Ciaran Woodward
2026-01-12 15:33           ` Andrew Burgess
2026-01-13 18:23             ` Guinevere Larsen

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