From: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] gdb/doc: consistent formatting for on|off on @item lines
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:54:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e70dead02a3351043f1776ee140e62c0b05b6c86.1791831032.git.aburgess@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1791831032.git.aburgess@redhat.com>
When a command takes 'on' or 'off' as an option then we have a bunch
of styles for how this is presented within a table's @item line:
@item set logging enabled [on|off]
@item -past-main [@code{on}|@code{off}]
@item set auto-load python-scripts @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Of these the last seems to be the style that is most often used for
new additions. I think it's the correct one because:
1. Use @r{...} to wrap the characters that are not part of the
command: [|], this ensures these characters are formatted as
normal text, not using the table style, which should be @kbd.
2. Wrapping 'on' and 'off' in @code{...} is clearly wrong, there
are not code. Using @samp{...} might work, but this isn't what
we currently do, and the 'on' and 'off' could be considered just
another part of the command, so using the table's default @kbd
style seems reasonable enough.
This commit updates some cases in the documentation which used the
first two styles to use the third style, this makes things more
consistent.
---
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
gdb/doc/guile.texi | 4 +--
gdb/doc/python.texi | 4 +--
3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index fd298da584c..1468855c37f 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -1789,18 +1789,18 @@ Logging Output
@table @kbd
@kindex set logging enabled
-@item set logging enabled [on|off]
+@item set logging enabled @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Enable or disable logging.
@cindex logging file name
@item set logging file @var{file}
Change the name of the current logfile. The default logfile is @file{gdb.txt}.
-@item set logging overwrite [on|off]
+@item set logging overwrite @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
By default, @value{GDBN} will append to the logfile. Set @code{overwrite} if
you want @code{set logging enabled on} to overwrite the logfile instead.
-@item set logging redirect [on|off]
+@item set logging redirect @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
By default, @value{GDBN} output will go to both the terminal and the logfile.
Set @code{redirect} if you want output to go only to the log file.
-@item set logging debugredirect [on|off]
+@item set logging debugredirect @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
By default, @value{GDBN} debug output will go to both the terminal and the logfile.
Set @code{debugredirect} if you want debug output to go only to the log file.
@kindex show logging
@@ -8788,11 +8788,11 @@ Backtrace
backtrace} and @code{set print} subcommands:
@table @code
-@item -past-main [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -past-main @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set whether backtraces should continue past @code{main}. Related setting:
@ref{set backtrace past-main}.
-@item -past-entry [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -past-entry @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set whether backtraces should continue past the entry point of a program.
Related setting: @ref{set backtrace past-entry}.
@@ -8804,7 +8804,7 @@ Backtrace
Set printing of non-scalar frame arguments.
Related setting: @ref{set print frame-arguments}.
-@item -raw-frame-arguments [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -raw-frame-arguments @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set whether to print frame arguments in raw form.
Related setting: @ref{set print raw-frame-arguments}.
@@ -9318,11 +9318,11 @@ Frame Apply
allow overriding relevant @code{set backtrace} settings:
@table @code
-@item -past-main [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -past-main @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Whether backtraces should continue past @code{main}.
Related setting: @ref{set backtrace past-main}.
-@item -past-entry [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -past-entry @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Whether backtraces should continue past the entry point of a program.
Related setting: @ref{set backtrace past-entry}.
@end table
@@ -10835,15 +10835,15 @@ Data
subcommands:
@table @code
-@item -address [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -address @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set printing of addresses.
Related setting: @ref{set print address}.
-@item -array [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -array @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Pretty formatting of arrays.
Related setting: @ref{set print array}.
-@item -array-indexes [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -array-indexes @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set printing of array indexes.
Related setting: @ref{set print array-indexes}.
@@ -10864,27 +10864,27 @@ Data
Set the threshold after which nested structures are replaced with
ellipsis. Related setting: @ref{set print max-depth}.
-@item -nibbles [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -nibbles @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set whether to print binary values in groups of four bits, known
as ``nibbles''. @xref{set print nibbles}.
-@item -memory-tag-violations [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -memory-tag-violations @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set printing of additional information about memory tag violations.
@xref{set print memory-tag-violations}.
-@item -null-stop [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -null-stop @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set printing of char arrays to stop at first null char. Related
setting: @ref{set print null-stop}.
-@item -object [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -object @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set printing C@t{++} virtual function tables. Related setting:
@ref{set print object}.
-@item -pretty [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -pretty @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set pretty formatting of structures. Related setting: @ref{set print
pretty}.
-@item -raw-values [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -raw-values @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set whether to print values in raw form, bypassing any
pretty-printers for that value. Related setting: @ref{set print
raw-values}.
@@ -10894,19 +10894,19 @@ Data
all elements to be individually printed. Related setting: @ref{set
print repeats}.
-@item -static-members [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -static-members @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set printing C@t{++} static members. Related setting: @ref{set print
static-members}.
-@item -symbol [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -symbol @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set printing of symbol names when printing pointers. Related setting:
@ref{set print symbol}.
-@item -union [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -union @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set printing of unions interior to structures. Related setting:
@ref{set print union}.
-@item -vtbl [@code{on}|@code{off}]
+@item -vtbl @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set printing of C++ virtual function tables. Related setting:
@ref{set print vtbl}.
@end table
@@ -14228,7 +14228,7 @@ Memory Region Attributes
@table @kbd
@kindex set mem inaccessible-by-default
-@item set mem inaccessible-by-default [on|off]
+@item set mem inaccessible-by-default @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
If @code{on} is specified, make @value{GDBN} treat memory not
explicitly described by the memory ranges as non-existent and refuse accesses
to such memory. The checks are only performed if there's at least one
@@ -17198,7 +17198,7 @@ Automatically
setting:
@table @kbd
-@item set warn-language-frame-mismatch [on|off]
+@item set warn-language-frame-mismatch @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
@kindex warn-language-frame-mismatch
Enable or disable the warning that is issued when the current language
is set to a value that does not match the current frame.
@@ -18390,7 +18390,7 @@ Special Fortran Commands
@cindex arrays slices (Fortran)
@kindex set fortran repack-array-slices
@kindex show fortran repack-array-slices
-@item set fortran repack-array-slices [on|off]
+@item set fortran repack-array-slices @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
@item show fortran repack-array-slices
When taking a slice from an array, a Fortran compiler can choose to
either produce an array descriptor that describes the slice in place,
@@ -20021,7 +20021,7 @@ Ada Glitches
@table @kbd
@kindex maint ada set ignore-descriptive-types
-@item maintenance ada set ignore-descriptive-types [on|off]
+@item maintenance ada set ignore-descriptive-types @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Control whether the debugger should ignore descriptive types.
The default is not to ignore descriptives types (@code{off}).
@@ -20929,11 +20929,11 @@ Symbols
column indicates that a given address marks the point where a block's frame is
destroyed, making local variables hard or impossible to find.
-@kindex set always-read-ctf [on|off]
+@kindex set always-read-ctf @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
@kindex show always-read-ctf
@cindex always-read-ctf
@cindex CTF info, when to read
-@item set always-read-ctf [on|off]
+@item set always-read-ctf @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
@itemx show always-read-ctf
When off, CTF debug info is only read if DWARF debug info is not
@@ -20977,7 +20977,7 @@ Symbols
@kindex maint set ignore-prologue-end-flag
@cindex prologue-end
-@item maint set ignore-prologue-end-flag [on|off]
+@item maint set ignore-prologue-end-flag @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Enable or disable the use of the @samp{PROLOGUE-END} flag from the line-table.
When @samp{off} (the default), @value{GDBN} uses the @samp{PROLOGUE-END} flag
to place breakpoints past the end of a function prologue. When @samp{on},
@@ -29010,7 +29010,7 @@ Init File in the Current Directory
@table @kbd
@anchor{set auto-load local-gdbinit}
@kindex set auto-load local-gdbinit
-@item set auto-load local-gdbinit [on|off]
+@item set auto-load local-gdbinit @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Enable or disable the auto-loading of canned sequences of commands
(@pxref{Sequences}) found in init file in the current directory.
@@ -29049,7 +29049,7 @@ libthread_db.so.1 file
@table @kbd
@anchor{set auto-load libthread-db}
@kindex set auto-load libthread-db
-@item set auto-load libthread-db [on|off]
+@item set auto-load libthread-db @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Enable or disable the auto-loading of inferior specific thread debugging library.
@anchor{show auto-load libthread-db}
@@ -29217,7 +29217,7 @@ Auto-loading verbose mode
@table @kbd
@anchor{set debug auto-load}
@kindex set debug auto-load
-@item set debug auto-load [on|off]
+@item set debug auto-load @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Set whether to print the filenames attempted to be auto-loaded.
@anchor{show debug auto-load}
@@ -30524,7 +30524,7 @@ Auto-loading sequences
@table @kbd
@anchor{set auto-load gdb-scripts}
@kindex set auto-load gdb-scripts
-@item set auto-load gdb-scripts [on|off]
+@item set auto-load gdb-scripts @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Enable or disable the auto-loading of canned sequences of commands scripts.
@anchor{show auto-load gdb-scripts}
@@ -42311,7 +42311,7 @@ Maintenance Commands
@kindex maint set catch-demangler-crashes
@kindex maint show catch-demangler-crashes
@cindex demangler crashes
-@item maint set catch-demangler-crashes [on|off]
+@item maint set catch-demangler-crashes @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
@itemx maint show catch-demangler-crashes
Control whether @value{GDBN} should attempt to catch crashes in the
symbol name demangler. The default is to attempt to catch crashes.
@@ -43142,7 +43142,7 @@ Maintenance Commands
This is useful in debugging performance problems.
@table @kbd
-@item maint set per-command space [on|off]
+@item maint set per-command space @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
@itemx maint show per-command space
Enable or disable the printing of the memory used by GDB for each command.
If enabled, @value{GDBN} will display how much memory each command
@@ -43150,7 +43150,7 @@ Maintenance Commands
This can also be requested by invoking @value{GDBN} with the
@option{--statistics} command-line switch (@pxref{Mode Options}).
-@item maint set per-command time [on|off]
+@item maint set per-command time @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
@itemx maint show per-command time
Enable or disable the printing of the execution time of @value{GDBN}
for each command.
@@ -43166,7 +43166,7 @@ Maintenance Commands
This can also be requested by invoking @value{GDBN} with the
@option{--statistics} command-line switch (@pxref{Mode Options}).
-@item maint set per-command symtab [on|off]
+@item maint set per-command symtab @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
@itemx maint show per-command symtab
Enable or disable the printing of basic symbol table statistics
for each command.
@@ -43184,7 +43184,7 @@ Maintenance Commands
@kindex maint set check-libthread-db
@kindex maint show check-libthread-db
-@item maint set check-libthread-db [on|off]
+@item maint set check-libthread-db @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
@itemx maint show check-libthread-db
Control whether @value{GDBN} should run integrity checks on inferior
specific thread debugging libraries as they are loaded. The default
@@ -43318,7 +43318,7 @@ Maintenance Commands
@kindex maint set backtrace-on-fatal-signal
@kindex maint show backtrace-on-fatal-signal
-@item maint set backtrace-on-fatal-signal [on|off]
+@item maint set backtrace-on-fatal-signal @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
@itemx maint show backtrace-on-fatal-signal
When this setting is @code{on}, if @value{GDBN} itself terminates with
a fatal signal (e.g.@: SIGSEGV), then a limited backtrace will be
diff --git a/gdb/doc/guile.texi b/gdb/doc/guile.texi
index e7956c01ab6..91b2ad061d3 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/guile.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/guile.texi
@@ -3923,7 +3923,7 @@ Guile Auto-loading
@table @kbd
@anchor{set auto-load guile-scripts}
@kindex set auto-load guile-scripts
-@item set auto-load guile-scripts [on|off]
+@item set auto-load guile-scripts @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Enable or disable the auto-loading of Guile scripts.
@anchor{show auto-load guile-scripts}
@@ -3934,7 +3934,7 @@ Guile Auto-loading
@anchor{info auto-load guile-scripts}
@kindex info auto-load guile-scripts
@cindex print list of auto-loaded Guile scripts
-@item info auto-load guile-scripts [@var{regexp}]
+@item info auto-load guile-scripts @r{[}@var{regexp}@r{]}
Print the list of all Guile scripts that @value{GDBN} auto-loaded.
Also printed is the list of Guile scripts that were mentioned in
diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi
index c1eb39360c6..02c407bb887 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/python.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi
@@ -9102,7 +9102,7 @@ Python Auto-loading
@table @kbd
@anchor{set auto-load python-scripts}
@kindex set auto-load python-scripts
-@item set auto-load python-scripts [on|off]
+@item set auto-load python-scripts @r{[}on@r{|}off@r{]}
Enable or disable the auto-loading of Python scripts.
@anchor{show auto-load python-scripts}
@@ -9113,7 +9113,7 @@ Python Auto-loading
@anchor{info auto-load python-scripts}
@kindex info auto-load python-scripts
@cindex print list of auto-loaded Python scripts
-@item info auto-load python-scripts [@var{regexp}]
+@item info auto-load python-scripts @r{[}@var{regexp}@r{]}
Print the list of all Python scripts that @value{GDBN} auto-loaded.
Also printed is the list of Python scripts that were mentioned in
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-12 18:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-12 18:54 [PATCH 0/5] gdb/doc: a series of doc clean ups Andrew Burgess
2026-10-12 18:54 ` [PATCH 1/5] gdb/doc: use (@value{GDBP}) for the prompt in examples Andrew Burgess
2026-10-13 11:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2026-10-12 18:54 ` [PATCH 2/5] gdb/doc: fix some incorrect '@table @code' uses Andrew Burgess
2026-10-13 11:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2026-10-12 18:54 ` Andrew Burgess [this message]
2026-10-13 11:33 ` [PATCH 3/5] gdb/doc: consistent formatting for on|off on @item lines Eli Zaretskii
2026-10-12 18:54 ` [PATCH 4/5] gdb/doc: make more use of @option{...} formatting Andrew Burgess
2026-10-13 12:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2026-10-12 18:54 ` [PATCH 5/5] gdb/doc: more @command and @kbd Andrew Burgess
2026-10-13 11:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2026-10-16 14:52 ` Andrew Burgess
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