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authorAndrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>2021-11-26 15:13:43 +0000
committerAndrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>2022-01-12 11:33:31 +0000
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gdb: add 'maint set/show gnu-source-highlight enabled' command
In a later commit I want to address an issue with the Python pygments based code styling solution. As this approach is only used when the GNU Source Highlight library is not available, testing bugs in this area can be annoying, as it requires GDB to be rebuilt with use of GNU Source Highlight disabled. This commit adds a pair of new maintenance commands: maintenance set gnu-source-highlight enabled on|off maintenance show gnu-source-highlight enabled these commands can be used to disable use of the GNU Source Highlight library, allowing me, in a later commit, to easily test bugs that would otherwise be masked by GNU Source Highlight being used. I made this a maintenance command, rather than a general purpose command, as it didn't seem like this was something a general user would need to adjust. We can always convert the maintenance command to a general command later if needed. There's no test for this here, but this feature will be used in a later commit.
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@@ -39797,6 +39797,25 @@ unload the library and continue searching for a suitable candidate as
described in @ref{set libthread-db-search-path}. For more information
about the tests, see @ref{maint check libthread-db}.
+@kindex maint set gnu-source-highlight enabled
+@kindex maint show gnu-source-highlight enabled
+@item maint set gnu-source-highlight enabled @r{[}on|off@r{]}
+@itemx maint show gnu-source-highlight enabled
+Control whether @value{GDBN} should use the GNU Source Highlight
+library for applying styling to source code (@pxref{Output Styling}).
+This will be @samp{on} by default if the GNU Source Highlight library
+is available. If the GNU Source Highlight library is not available,
+then this will be @samp{off} by default, and attempting to change this
+value to @samp{on} will give an error.
+
+If the GNU Source Highlight library is not being used, then
+@value{GDBN} will use the Python Pygments package for source code
+styling, if it is available.
+
+This option is useful for debugging @value{GDBN}'s use of the Pygments
+library when @value{GDBN} is linked against the GNU Source Highlight
+library.
+
@kindex maint space
@cindex memory used by commands
@item maint space @var{value}