Re: GDB GUI

[Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com>]

Marco Menegazzi wrote:

> 
> Thank you.
> 
> I've already seen that documentation but my problem is that it does
> not explain how to connect to this interface through code. It explains
> how it is but not how to use it ... I want to connect through my java
> code but the only idea I have is to call it directly from the code
> with Runtime.exec ... but then I ask myself why to use gdb/mi that
> returns a more complex output instead of calling directly gdb and
> parse the stout to get what I want?

Eclipse CDT has an implementation of all this. Look for things such
as MIInferior, RxThread and TxThread in a full CDT checkout.

As for parsing stdout -- traditional GDB output is meant for humans. Unless
you plan on adding AI module to your application, it's just not possible
to reliably parse it.

- Volodya