Re: gdb-emacs : data frame/buffer.

Nick Roberts
2006-07-24T22:09:22Z

Richard writes:
>
> I followed the information here:
>
> http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob/
>
> which says all I need to do is:
>
> sudo apt-get install emacs-snapshot-gtk
>
> and then follow the tutorial here : http://linuxjournal.com/article/7876
>
> My emacs reports itself still as 21.4 though and M-gdb acts as before.

I dont think it has installed or, if both Emacs packages can be installed
at the same time, you're looking at the wrong one.

> Has anyone updated debian recently and can advise on this please? I'm
> not a debian/ubuntu guru and have no idea how to get emacs from the
> command line to use the snapshot version.

I've installed emacs-snapshot-gtk on Ubuntu. It reports itself as
emacs-22.0.50.12

If you're not behind a firewall, you might prefer to get the most recent
version directly from CVS (which really isn't much harder than downloading a
tarball):

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/emacs co emacs

as described on http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=emacs

Then read INSTALL.CVS in the emacs directory for further instructions.

Once you've built Emacs you can keep updating to the new changes by doing:

cvs up

from the emacs directory and following INSTALL.CVS.

This will also mean that you can submit up-to-date suggestions or patches to
the emacs-devel mailing list.

--
Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob