Re: [RFC][patch] Allow to disassemble line.

Tom Tromey
2009-10-20T16:04:59Z

>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:

Daniel> We've got this layout here with nicely aligned columns but tons of
Daniel> whitespace. In a halfway modern world we could do this with color.
Daniel> Or bold the address of the current instruction. This would be a real
Daniel> interface departure for GDB so I'm curious what others think of it.
Daniel> (Yes, I'm thinking of Tufte, why do you ask?)

I like it. Also, I know there is interest "out there" in colorizing gdb
output:

http://www.visophyte.org/blog/2009/03/04/gaudily-colorized-gdb-backtraces-woo/

I'm already looking forward to the day when people start posting GDB
color themes. :-)

Daniel> Another possibility would be to factor out the name of the function.

Yeah. IME, repeating the function name over and over adds little value.

Tom