From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
To: Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: gdb/mi or python interface for front end
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:07:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130823140747.GN5147@adacore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130823005118.GA8847@bob-VirtualBox>
> I'm interested in improving the CGDB front end to GDB.
>
> I would like some advice. It currently uses annotate level 2
> for communication. Should I look into gdb/mi or should i look
> into scripting gdb with the python interface?
>
> Any pointers would be helpful.
I hope others who have more actual knowledge will answer, but
in case no one else does, my first reaction would be to look
into GDB/MI, because that's the interface that was designed
to be used by front ends. The Python API is getting very versatile,
but I don't know if it is going to provide everything you need
nor whether it'll be convenient to use. In particular, sending
commands, getting the output (with stdout and stderr separated),
etc.
--
Joel
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-23 14:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-23 0:51 Bob Rossi
2013-08-23 14:03 ` Tom Tromey
2013-09-03 1:29 ` Bob Rossi
2013-09-03 21:25 ` Phil Muldoon
2013-09-03 23:37 ` Doug Evans
2013-08-23 14:07 ` Joel Brobecker [this message]
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