From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26797 invoked by alias); 9 Apr 2008 17:41:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 26779 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Apr 2008 17:41:37 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net (HELO vms042pub.verizon.net) (206.46.252.42) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:41:17 +0000 Received: from black ([71.245.67.80]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JZ2004TOJROLSQ0@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for gdb@sourceware.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:40:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: from bob by black with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JjeHj-0008Aa-L1; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:40:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:54:00 -0000 From: Bob Rossi Subject: Re: -nowindows (-nw) option cancels MI interpreter In-reply-to: <20080409173539.GA20430@caradoc.them.org> To: Marc Khouzam , gdb@sourceware.org Message-id: <20080409174035.GB23183@brasko.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline References: <6D19CA8D71C89C43A057926FE0D4ADAA04291048@ecamlmw720.eamcs.ericsson.se> <20080409173539.GA20430@caradoc.them.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-04/txt/msg00075.txt.bz2 On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 01:35:39PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 01:24:29PM -0400, Marc Khouzam wrote: > > Hi, > > > > the -nowindows option to GDB caused the interpreter to be forced to be CONSOLE. > > This means that something like > > gdb -i=mi -nw > > is equivalent to > > gdb -i=console -nw > > > > I would expect that the MI interpreter would not be affected by the -nw option... > > -nw is completely equivalent to -i=console. So it's sensitive to > where you put it on the command line. I think it's easier to improve > the manual... Really? At one point, the cygwin build would automatically pop up insight if you run gdb. So, I do -nw -a2 to start gdb. When I switch to mi mode in the future, what should I put? Bob Rossi