Re: [PATCH] -nx-except-gdbtkinit option

[Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com>]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>   gdb -nx-except-gdbtkinit -d scriptdir -x globalscript \
>>         -x ~/.gdbinit -x ./.gdbinit .....
>>
>>The purpose is (among other things) to set up transparently (to the 
>>user) a selection of user-defined commands (for connecting and 
>>configuring target boards) which are available to users in the .gdbinit 
>>files.
> 
> 
> Sorry, I'm still confused.  Doesn't GDB normally read ~/.gdbinit and
> ./.gdbinit?  If so, why do you need to use -nx and then load these
> init files manually?

I want the .gdbinit files loaded after the mystical 'globalscript' file. 
Then they can use commands defined by that script.

>>If -nx is used it has undesirable side effects when using Insight.
> 
> In case it wasn't clear, it's those ``undesirable side effects'' are
> what I was asking to describe in some detail.  I don't understand what
> kind of problems it causes.  Perhaps those are misfeatures or bugs we
> need to fix, instead of introducing a new option.

Without this file Insight does not remember any of your settings, such 
as window size and position, target settings and breakpoints.

> `.gdbtkinit' is a file name, so it should have the @file markup, not
> @code.
> 
> Other than that, the documentation patch is approved, conditioned on
> the code patch approval.  Thanks.

Thanks

Andrew