[PATCH 3/3] Documentation changes for the new zhexadecimal format

Luis Machado
2015-05-01T14:33:05Z

This patch updates the documentation to reflect the addition of the new
zhexadecimal format option for -var-set-format and also adds a NEWS entry
for the change.

gdb/ChangeLog:

2015-05-01 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>

* NEWS: Add new note to MI changes.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

2015-05-01 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>

* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Variable Objects): Update text for
-var-set-format.
---
gdb/NEWS | 5 +++++
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 2 +-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 651401d..9d4fd03 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ qXfer:exec-file:read
HP/PA running HP-UX hppa*-*-hpux*
Itanium running HP-UX ia64-*-hpux*

+* MI changes
+
+ ** The -var-set-format command now accepts the zhexadecimal format. It
+ outputs data in hexadecimal format with zero-padding on the left.
+
*** Changes in GDB 7.9

* GDB now supports hardware watchpoints on x86 GNU Hurd.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 9e2787d..89fd2ca 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -28927,7 +28927,7 @@ The syntax for the @var{format-spec} is as follows:

@smallexample
@var{format-spec} @expansion{}
- @{binary | decimal | hexadecimal | octal | natural@}
+ @{binary | decimal | hexadecimal | octal | natural | zhexadecimal@}
@end smallexample

The natural format is the default format choosen automatically
--
1.9.1