Re: [PATCH] [gdb/tui] Handle error in tui_enable

[Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>]

On 4/28/26 11:42 PM, Tom de Vries wrote:
> On 4/28/26 4:10 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>> Tom> IWBN to fix this in a way that allows the second "tui enable" to 
>> succeed.  I
>> Tom> tried this for a bit, but didn't get it to work.
>>
>> If this can occur due to some user problem (say a bad layout or bad
>> window implementation) then gdb ideally should be more robust somehow.
> 
> OK, I've got a theory why I had difficulty getting this to work.
> 
> The problem is probably that after endwin "Refreshing a window resumes 
> program mode" and I suppose that got triggered by "tui_batch_rendering 
> defer".
> 
> So using an explicit reset_shell_mode instead of endwin makes this work 
> for me.
> 

I've submitted a patch series that fixes this ( 
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2026-April/226966.html ).

Thanks,
- Tom