Re: [PATCH] Re-posting of patch updated to current release

[Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com>]

As I understand, Eli has already checked and approved the doc changes, 
so I will check this in when I check George's edit command in.

Thanks for updating the patch George.

Regards,
Fernando

George Helffrich +44 117 954 5437 wrote:
> All -
> 
>      Per maintainer's (F. Nasser) request, here is a re-posting of an approved
> patch (2 July 2002, 9 Sep 2002) against the present source release.
> 
>                                        George Helffrich
>                                        (george@geology.bristol.ac.uk)
> 
> --- gdb.1.orig	Mon Sep 16 10:06:38 2002
> +++ gdb.1	Mon Sep 16 09:47:48 2002
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  .\" Copyright 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>  .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
>  .\" $Id: gdb.1,v 1.4 1999/01/05 00:50:50 jsm Exp $
> -.TH gdb 1 "4nov1991" "GNU Tools" "GNU Tools"
> +.TH gdb 1 "22may2002" "GNU Tools" "GNU Tools"
>  .SH NAME
>  gdb \- The GNU Debugger
>  .SH SYNOPSIS
> @@ -149,6 +149,12 @@
>  .I over\c
>  \& any
>  function calls in the line.
> +.TP
> +.B edit \fR[\|\fIfile\fB:\fR\|]\fIfunction
> +look at the program line where it is presently stopped.
> +.TP
> +.B list \fR[\|\fIfile\fB:\fR\|]\fIfunction
> +type the text of the program in the vicinity of where it is presently stopped.
>  .TP
>  .B step
>  Execute next program line (after stopping); step \c
> --- doc/gdb.texinfo.orig	Mon Sep 16 09:49:36 2002
> +++ doc/gdb.texinfo	Mon Sep 16 09:53:52 2002
> @@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
>  @set EDITION Ninth
>  
>  @c !!set GDB manual's revision date
> -@set DATE December 2001
> +@set DATE June 2002
> +
> +@c !!set GDB edit command default editor
> +@set EDITOR /bin/ex
>  
>  @c THIS MANUAL REQUIRES TEXINFO 4.0 OR LATER.
>  
> @@ -3926,7 +3929,10 @@
>  
>  After such a printout, the @code{list} command with no arguments
>  prints ten lines centered on the point of execution in the frame.
> -@xref{List, ,Printing source lines}.
> +You can also edit the program at the point of execution with your favorite
> +editing program by typing @code{edit}.
> +@xref{List, ,Printing source lines},
> +for details.
>  
>  @table @code
>  @kindex down-silently
> @@ -4033,6 +4039,7 @@
>  
>  @menu
>  * List::                        Printing source lines
> +* Edit::                        Editing source files
>  * Search::                      Searching source files
>  * Source Path::                 Specifying source directories
>  * Machine Code::                Source and machine code
> @@ -4154,6 +4161,71 @@
>  Specifies the line containing the program address @var{address}.
>  @var{address} may be any expression.
>  @end table
> +
> +@node Edit
> +@section Editing source files
> +@cindex editing source files
> +
> +@kindex edit
> +@kindex e @r{(@code{edit})}
> +To edit the lines in a source file, use the @code{edit} command.
> +The editing program of your choice
> +is invoked with the current line set to
> +the active line in the program.
> +Alternatively, there are several ways to specify what part of the file you
> +want to print if you want to see other parts of the program.
> +
> +Here are the forms of the @code{edit} command most commonly used:
> +
> +@table @code
> +@item edit
> +Edit the current source file at the active line number in the program.
> +
> +@item edit @var{number}
> +Edit the current source file with @var{number} as the active line number.
> +
> +@item edit @var{function}
> +Edit the file containing @var{function} at the beginning of its definition.
> +
> +@item edit @var{filename}:@var{number}
> +Specifies line @var{number} in the source file @var{filename}.
> +
> +@item edit @var{filename}:@var{function}
> +Specifies the line that begins the body of the
> +function @var{function} in the file @var{filename}.  You only need the
> +file name with a function name to avoid ambiguity when there are
> +identically named functions in different source files.
> +
> +@item edit *@var{address}
> +Specifies the line containing the program address @var{address}.
> +@var{address} may be any expression.
> +@end table
> +
> +@subsection Choosing your editor
> +You can customize @value{GDBN} to use any editor you want
> +@footnote{
> +The only restriction is that your editor (say @code{ex}), recognizes the
> +following command-line syntax:
> +@example
> +ex +@var{number} file
> +@end example
> +The optional numeric value +@var{number} designates the active line in the file.
> +}.
> +By default, it is @value{EDITOR}, but you can change this by setting the
> +environment variable @code{EDITOR} before using
> +@value{GDBN}.
> +For example, to configure @value{GDBN} to use the @code{vi} editor, you
> +could use these commands with the @code{sh} shell:
> +@example
> +EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi
> +export EDITOR
> +gdb ...
> +@end example
> +or in the @code{csh} shell,
> +@example
> +setenv EDITOR /usr/bin/vi
> +gdb ...
> +@end example
>  
>  @node Search
>  @section Searching source files
> 


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