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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.51 / 50.00]; BAYES_HAM(-3.00)[99.99%]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[suse.de:s=susede2_rsa,suse.de:s=susede2_ed25519]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.20)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[]; FUZZY_RATELIMITED(0.00)[rspamd.com]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_SIGNED(0.00)[suse.de:s=susede2_rsa,suse.de:s=susede2_ed25519]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DBL_BLOCKED_OPENRESOLVER(0.00)[suse.de:mid,suse.de:dkim,suse.de:email]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[suse.de:+] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: D44FC1F387 X-Rspamd-Server: rspamd2.dmz-prg2.suse.org X-Rspamd-Action: no action X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: gdb-patches-bounces~public-inbox=simark.ca@sourceware.org On 7/19/25 08:47, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Tom de Vries >> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 08:16:36 +0200 >> >> diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo >> index 35b770f8138..0a2d34756eb 100644 >> --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo >> +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo >> @@ -27659,6 +27659,16 @@ or a prompt that does not. >> @item set prompt @var{newprompt} >> Directs @value{GDBN} to use @var{newprompt} as its prompt string henceforth. >> >> +For example, this will set a blue-colored ``(gdb)'' prompt: >> + >> +@smallexample >> +set prompt \001\033[0;34m\002(gdb)\001\033[0m\002 >> +@end smallexample >> + >> +It uses ``\001'' and ``\002'' to begin and end a sequence of >> +non-printing characters, to make sure they're not counted in the string >> +length. > > Please use @samp to quote \001 etc., not literal quotes. > > OK with that nit fixed. > Hi Eli, thanks for the review, pushed with that nit fixed. > P.S. Does this work on MS-Windows console as well? > A good question. I suppose the \001\002 part should work, because it's handled by readline (assuming readline is always used). The \033 bits, probably not. I read this wikipedia article ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code ) which has some info on that, so a current powershell should work AFAIU. I tried to test this on my windows laptop, but I didn't manage to run gdb on it in either windows console or powershell, though the cygwin shell did work. Thanks, - Tom > Approved-By: Eli Zaretskii