2003-08-07 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>

Patch from Nick Roberts.
	* gdb.texinfo (Using GDB under GNU Emacs): Fix/update key
	bindings.  Remove description of send-gdb-command.
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2003-08-07 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
Patch from Nick Roberts.
* gdb.texinfo (Using GDB under GNU Emacs): Fix/update key
bindings. Remove description of send-gdb-command.
2003-08-07 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Mode Options): Mention that "mi2" was included in

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Explicit @value{GDBN} @code{list} or search commands still produce output as
usual, but you probably have no reason to use them from Emacs.
@quotation
@emph{Warning:} If the directory where your program resides is not your
current directory, it can be easy to confuse Emacs about the location of
the source files, in which case the auxiliary display buffer does not
appear to show your source. @value{GDBN} can find programs by searching your
environment's @code{PATH} variable, so the @value{GDBN} input and output
session proceeds normally; but Emacs does not get enough information
back from @value{GDBN} to locate the source files in this situation. To
avoid this problem, either start @value{GDBN} mode from the directory where
your program resides, or specify an absolute file name when prompted for the
@kbd{M-x gdb} argument.
If you specify an absolute file name when prompted for the @kbd{M-x
gdb} argument, then Emacs sets your current working directory to where
your program resides. If you only specify the file name, then Emacs
sets your current working directory to to the directory associated
with the previous buffer. In this case, @value{GDBN} may find your
program by searching your environment's @code{PATH} variable, but on
some operating systems it might not find the source. So, although the
@value{GDBN} input and output session proceeds normally, the auxiliary
buffer does not display the current source and line of execution.
A similar confusion can result if you use the @value{GDBN} @code{file} command to
switch to debugging a program in some other location, from an existing
@value{GDBN} buffer in Emacs.
@end quotation
The initial working directory of @value{GDBN} is printed on the top
line of the @value{GDBN} I/O buffer and this serves as a default for
the commands that specify files for @value{GDBN} to operate
on. @xref{Files, ,Commands to specify files}.
By default, @kbd{M-x gdb} calls the program called @file{gdb}. If
you need to call @value{GDBN} by a different name (for example, if you keep
several configurations around, with different names) you can set the
Emacs variable @code{gdb-command-name}; for example,
@smallexample
(setq gdb-command-name "mygdb")
@end smallexample
@noindent
(preceded by @kbd{M-:} or @kbd{ESC :}, or typed in the @code{*scratch*} buffer, or
in your @file{.emacs} file) makes Emacs call the program named
``@code{mygdb}'' instead.
By default, @kbd{M-x gdb} calls the program called @file{gdb}. If you
need to call @value{GDBN} by a different name (for example, if you
keep several configurations around, with different names) you can
customize the Emacs variable @code{gud-gdb-command-name} to run the
one you want.
In the @value{GDBN} I/O buffer, you can use these special Emacs commands in
addition to the standard Shell mode commands:
@ -14183,66 +14173,47 @@ addition to the standard Shell mode commands:
@item C-h m
Describe the features of Emacs' @value{GDBN} Mode.
@item M-s
@item C-c C-s
Execute to another source line, like the @value{GDBN} @code{step} command; also
update the display window to show the current file and location.
@item M-n
@item C-c C-n
Execute to next source line in this function, skipping all function
calls, like the @value{GDBN} @code{next} command. Then update the display window
to show the current file and location.
@item M-i
@item C-c C-i
Execute one instruction, like the @value{GDBN} @code{stepi} command; update
display window accordingly.
@item M-x gdb-nexti
Execute to next instruction, using the @value{GDBN} @code{nexti} command; update
display window accordingly.
@item C-c C-f
Execute until exit from the selected stack frame, like the @value{GDBN}
@code{finish} command.
@item M-c
@item C-c C-r
Continue execution of your program, like the @value{GDBN} @code{continue}
command.
@emph{Warning:} In Emacs v19, this command is @kbd{C-c C-p}.
@item M-u
@item C-c <
Go up the number of frames indicated by the numeric argument
(@pxref{Arguments, , Numeric Arguments, Emacs, The @sc{gnu} Emacs Manual}),
like the @value{GDBN} @code{up} command.
@emph{Warning:} In Emacs v19, this command is @kbd{C-c C-u}.
@item M-d
@item C-c >
Go down the number of frames indicated by the numeric argument, like the
@value{GDBN} @code{down} command.
@emph{Warning:} In Emacs v19, this command is @kbd{C-c C-d}.
@item C-x &
Read the number where the cursor is positioned, and insert it at the end
of the @value{GDBN} I/O buffer. For example, if you wish to disassemble code
around an address that was displayed earlier, type @kbd{disassemble};
then move the cursor to the address display, and pick up the
argument for @code{disassemble} by typing @kbd{C-x &}.
You can customize this further by defining elements of the list
@code{gdb-print-command}; once it is defined, you can format or
otherwise process numbers picked up by @kbd{C-x &} before they are
inserted. A numeric argument to @kbd{C-x &} indicates that you
wish special formatting, and also acts as an index to pick an element of the
list. If the list element is a string, the number to be inserted is
formatted using the Emacs function @code{format}; otherwise the number
is passed as an argument to the corresponding list element.
@end table
In any source file, the Emacs command @kbd{C-x SPC} (@code{gdb-break})
In any source file, the Emacs command @kbd{C-x SPC} (@code{gud-break})
tells @value{GDBN} to set a breakpoint on the source line point is on.
If you type @kbd{M-x speedbar}, then Emacs displays a separate frame which
shows a backtrace when the @value{GDBN} I/O buffer is current. Move
point to any frame in the stack and type @key{RET} to make it become the
current frame and display the associated source in the source buffer.
Alternatively, click @kbd{Mouse-2} to make the selected frame become the
current one.
If you accidentally delete the source-display buffer, an easy way to get
it back is to type the command @code{f} in the @value{GDBN} buffer, to
request a frame display; when you run under Emacs, this recreates
@ -14255,6 +14226,10 @@ the files with these buffers if you wish; but keep in mind that @value{GDBN}
communicates with Emacs in terms of line numbers. If you add or
delete lines from the text, the line numbers that @value{GDBN} knows cease
to correspond properly with the code.
The description given here is for GNU Emacs version 21.3 and a more
detailed description of its interaction with @value{GDBN} is given in
the Emacs manual (@pxref{Debuggers,,, Emacs, The @sc{gnu} Emacs Manual}).
@c The following dropped because Epoch is nonstandard. Reactivate
@c if/when v19 does something similar. ---doc@cygnus.com 19dec1990