From a1eff6c2edc3cd91fcae9361e90c2f2c6cac1d12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland Pesch Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 18:44:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Changes thanks to Jim Kingdon's vigilance: * doc/gdb.texinfo: make node "Shell Commands" unconditional; describe `set demangle-style arm' (not cfront); mention can type `q' to discard output, when gdb pages --- gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index eb72f4d6f69..00246f5c283 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -710,9 +710,7 @@ or @kbd{C-d} to exit.) @menu * Invoking GDB:: How to start @value{GDBN} * Quitting GDB:: How to quit @value{GDBN} -@ifclear BARETARGET * Shell Commands:: How to use shell commands inside @value{GDBN} -@end ifclear @end menu @node Invoking GDB @@ -1024,7 +1022,6 @@ device, you can release it with the @code{detach} command (@pxref{Attach, ,Debugging an already-running process}). @end ifclear -@ifclear BARETARGET @node Shell Commands @section Shell commands @@ -1036,23 +1033,25 @@ just use the @code{shell} command. @item shell @var{command string} @kindex shell @cindex shell escape -Directs @value{GDBN} to invoke an inferior shell to execute @var{command -string}. If it exists, the environment variable @code{SHELL} is used -for the name of the shell to run. Otherwise @value{GDBN} uses -@code{/bin/sh}. +Invoke a shell to execute @var{command string}. If it exists, the +environment variable @code{SHELL} is used for the name of the shell to +run. +@ifclear DOSHOST +Otherwise @value{GDBN} uses @code{/bin/sh}. +@end ifclear @end table The utility @code{make} is often needed in development environments. -You do not have to use the @code{shell} command for this purpose in @value{GDBN}: +You do not have to use the @code{shell} command for this purpose in +@value{GDBN}: @table @code @item make @var{make-args} @kindex make @cindex calling make -Causes @value{GDBN} to execute an inferior @code{make} program with the specified +Execute the @code{make} program with the specified arguments. This is equivalent to @samp{shell make @var{make-args}}. @end table -@end ifclear @node Commands @chapter @value{GDBN} Commands @@ -4271,11 +4270,11 @@ Decode based on the GNU C++ compiler (@code{g++}) encoding algorithm. @item lucid Decode based on the Lucid C++ compiler (@code{lcc}) encoding algorithm. -@item cfront +@item arm Decode using the algorithm in the @cite{C++ Annotated Reference Manual}. -@strong{Warning:} despite the name, this setting alone is not sufficient -to allow debugging @code{cfront}-generated executables. @value{GDBN} -would require further enhancement to permit that. +@strong{Warning:} this setting alone is not sufficient to allow +debugging @code{cfront}-generated executables. @value{GDBN} would +require further enhancement to permit that. @end table @item show demangle-style @@ -7107,10 +7106,11 @@ Print ten commands just after the commands last printed. @cindex size of screen @cindex pauses in output -Certain commands to @value{GDBN} may produce large amounts of information -output to the screen. To help you read all of it, @value{GDBN} pauses and -asks you for input at the end of each page of output. Type @key{RET} -when you want to continue the output. @value{GDBN} also uses the screen +Certain commands to @value{GDBN} may produce large amounts of +information output to the screen. To help you read all of it, +@value{GDBN} pauses and asks you for input at the end of each page of +output. Type @key{RET} when you want to continue the output, or @kbd{q} +to discard the remaining output. @value{GDBN} also uses the screen width setting to determine when to wrap lines of output. Depending on what is being printed, it tries to break the line at a readable place, rather than simply letting it overflow onto the following line.