Re: [RFC/MI] Event Records vs Commands

Andrew Cagney
2002-06-26T03:17:04Z

> On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
>
>> Try:
>>
>> ...want to document ``notify-async-output'' or (less likely?) replace it
>> with ``event-async-output''.
>
>
> This is the approach I've taken with my next attempt (which also includes
> the fixes recommended by Eli, following the convention with two spaces
> after @value{GDBN} -- if people want me to switch them all to use @., I
> can submit separate patch for that).
>
>
>> Async output is anything that isn't bound to ``^done'' et.al. >
>
>
> But it seems to be bound to the prompt. Apple has changed their version so
> that it is NOT bound to the prompt. We'll need to discuss this sometime
> later.

Ah, dig dig.

The idea was that ``\n(gdb)'' would act as a terminal signal for
asynchronous events.

That way you would see:

event message
event message
(gdb)



event emssage
(gdb)



and not:

event message
event message



event message
.
.

however, yes, open to negotiation.

Andrew