Re: GDB 8.2.90 available for testing

Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-08T07:46:16Z

> From: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 15:44:46 -0700
>
> Some of the odd behavior I do see seems to predate any of these changes.
> With the system gdb on Fedora 28 and 29 I can:
>
> (gdb) tui enable
> (gdb) print 23
> $1 = 23
> (gdb) ... press Enter a a few times
>
> Here the subsequent prompts aren't seen and the output just looks like
>
> $2 = 23
> $3 = 23
> ...

The above is not odd, IMO, or at least I'm used to it when I use the
TUI: in that configuration GDB minimizes what it displays in the
command window. For example, if you repeatedly type "n <Enter>", the
command window appears not to change at all, because the last command
overwrites the previous one on the screen. I regard this as a
feature, which allows me to see the most of the interaction, without
wasting screen estate to show redundant content.