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From: Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@redhat.com>
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To: Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
Cc: "Manoj Verma, Noida" <manojv@noida.hcltech.com>, gdb@sources.redhat.com,
   Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net>
Subject: Re: Interface to GDB
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Jim Blandy writes:
 > 
 > "Manoj Verma, Noida" <manojv@noida.hcltech.com> writes:
 > > If that is the case, just for an idea .........
 > > is it possible if I somehow bypass the CLI related code from the GDB source
 > > code and call the basic functions like set_breakpoint(), remove_breakpoint()
 > > etc..etc.. from my IDE code..
 > > 
 > > If any one has done similar things, pl. provide some guidance..
 > 
 > I think MI is pretty useable.  But for what it's worth, Insight, the
 > Tcl/Tk-based GUI for GDB, works the way you describe.
 > 
 > http://sources.redhat.com/insight/

Yep, but please do not do that. The approach has serious
limitations. Please use MI. That is the supported gdb interface for
GUIs.  Eclipse uses it pretty successfully.

elena