From: Khoo Yit Phang <khooyp@cs.umd.edu>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Khoo Yit Phang <khooyp@cs.umd.edu>
Subject: Document how to exit "python-interactive"
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:29:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E4E55FE9-8E45-49D4-8DC7-31A2DC7EE56E@cs.umd.edu> (raw)
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Hi,
I'd like to update the documentation to explain how to return from "python-interactive" to GDB.
Thanks!
Yit
August 23, 2012
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# HG changeset patch
# Parent 3a8ab84de40f6a3b09615bd9f9acef671062c85c
Document how to return from "python-interactive" to GDB.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2012-08-23 Khoo Yit Phang <khooyp@cs.umd.edu>
Document how to return from "python-interactive" to GDB.
* doc/gdb.texinfo (Python Commands): Update documentation.
* python/python.c (_initialize_python): Update documentation.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -22515,7 +22515,8 @@
@item python-interactive @r{[}@var{command}@r{]}
@itemx pi @r{[}@var{command}@r{]}
Without an argument, the @code{python-interactive} command can be used
-to start an interactive Python prompt.
+to start an interactive Python prompt. To return to @value{GDBN},
+type @code{EOF} (e.g., @samp{Ctrl-D}) on an empty prompt.
Alternatively, a single-line Python command can be given as an
argument and evaluated. If the command is an expression, the result
diff --git a/gdb/python/python.c b/gdb/python/python.c
--- a/gdb/python/python.c
+++ b/gdb/python/python.c
@@ -1277,7 +1277,8 @@
python_interactive_command,
#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
_("\
-Start a Python interactive prompt.\n\
+Start a Python interactive prompt. To return to GDB, type EOF\n\
+(e.g., Ctrl-D) on an empty prompt.\n\
\n\
Alternatively, a single-line Python command can be given as an\n\
argument, and if the command is an expression, the result will be\n\
next reply other threads:[~2012-08-23 16:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-23 16:29 Khoo Yit Phang [this message]
2012-08-23 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-08-23 17:02 ` Khoo Yit Phang
2012-08-23 17:47 ` Khoo Yit Phang
2012-08-23 18:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-08-23 18:30 ` Khoo Yit Phang
2012-08-23 17:20 ` Pedro Alves
2012-08-23 17:39 ` Khoo Yit Phang
2012-08-23 17:55 ` Pedro Alves
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