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authorRoland Pesch <pesch@cygnus>1991-10-09 00:29:37 +0000
committerRoland Pesch <pesch@cygnus>1991-10-09 00:29:37 +0000
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(ORIG: date: 1991/09/21 02:59:57; author: gnu; state: Exp; lines: +32 -28)
Rearrange "how to install" and "how to print the doc" stuff so it drops easier into README.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb')
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo56
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 8c382e8..53f8d1e 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ Installing GDB
* Subdirectories:: Configuration subdirectories
* Config Names:: Specifying names for hosts and targets
* configure Options:: Summary of options for configure
-* Formatting Manual:: How to format and print GDB documentation
+* Formatting Documentation:: How to format and print GDB documentation
@end menu
@node Summary, New Features, Top, Top
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ libraries. You can load symbols from a shared library with the command
@code{sharedlibrary} (@pxref{Files}).
@item Reference Card
-_GDBN__ _GDB_VN__ has a reference card; @xref{Formatting Manual} for
+_GDBN__ _GDB_VN__ has a reference card; @xref{Formatting Documentation} for
instructions on printing it.
@item Work in Progress
@@ -7107,7 +7107,7 @@ readable, and _GDBN__ uses the shell to start your program.
* Subdirectories:: Configuration subdirectories
* Config Names:: Specifying names for hosts and targets
* configure Options:: Summary of options for configure
-* Formatting Manual:: How to format and print _GDBN__ documentation
+* Formatting Documentation:: How to format and print _GDBN__ documentation
@end menu
@@ -7211,7 +7211,7 @@ of information in the following pattern:
@end example
For example, you can use the alias @code{sun4} as a @var{host} argument
-or in a @code{+target=}@var{target} option, but the full name of that
+or in a @code{+target=@var{target}} option, but the full name of that
configuration specifies that the architecture is @samp{sparc}, the
vendor is @samp{sun}, and the operating system is @samp{sunos4}.
@@ -7268,6 +7268,10 @@ ARCHITECTURE VENDOR OS prefix
| wrs |
@end example
+@quotation
+@emph{Warning:} Many combinations of architecture, vendor, and OS are
+untested.
+@end quotation
@end ifinfo
@c FIXME: this table is probably screwed in @smallbook. Try setting
@c FIXME...smallbook fonts?
@@ -7338,7 +7342,7 @@ i386-none-sysv
*** No vendor: configuration `i486v' not recognized
@end example
-@node configure Options, Formatting Manual, Config Names, Installing _GDBN__
+@node configure Options, Formatting Documentation, Config Names, Installing _GDBN__
@section @code{configure} Options
Here is a summary of all the @code{configure} options and arguments that
@@ -7381,11 +7385,12 @@ propagate configuration to subdirectories.
@item +rm
Remove the configuration that the other arguments specify.
-@item +parse=@var{lang} @dots{}
-Configure the _GDBN__ expression parser to parse the listed languages.
-@samp{all} configures _GDBN__ for all supported languages. To get a
-list of all supported languages, omit the argument. Without this
-option, _GDBN__ is configured to parse all supported languages.
+@c This doesn't work (yet if ever). FIXME.
+@c @item +parse=@var{lang} @dots{}
+@c Configure the _GDBN__ expression parser to parse the listed languages.
+@c @samp{all} configures _GDBN__ for all supported languages. To get a
+@c list of all supported languages, omit the argument. Without this
+@c option, _GDBN__ is configured to parse all supported languages.
@item +target=@var{target} @dots{}
Configure _GDBN__ for cross-debugging programs running on each specified
@@ -7407,10 +7412,18 @@ There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available hosts.
configuring other GNU tools recursively; but these are the only
options that affect _GDBN__ or its supporting libraries.
-@node Formatting Manual, , configure Options, Installing _GDBN__
-@section Formatting this Manual
+@node Formatting Documentation, , configure Options, Installing _GDBN__
+@section Formatting the Documentation
+
+@cindex _GDBN__ reference card
+@cindex reference card
+The _GDBN__ _GDB_VN__ release includes an already-formatted reference card,
+ready for printing on a PostScript printer, as @file{gdb-_GDB_VN__/gdb/refcard.ps}.
+It uses the most common PostScript fonts: the Times family, Courier, and
+Symbol. If you have a PostScript printer, you can print the reference
+card by just sending @file{refcard.ps} to the printer.
-The _GDBN__ _GDB_VN__ release includes the Info version of this manual already
+The release also includes the online Info version of this manual already
formatted: the main Info file is @file{gdb-_GDB_VN__/gdb/gdb.info}, and it
refers to subordinate files matching @samp{gdb.info*} in the same
directory.
@@ -7425,7 +7438,7 @@ make gdb.info
@noindent
to make the Info file.
-If you want to format and print copies of this manual, you need several
+If you want to format and print copies of the manual, you need several
things:
@itemize @bullet
@item
@@ -7452,18 +7465,9 @@ make gdb.dvi
to format the text of this manual, and print it with the usual output
method for @TeX{} @sc{dvi} files at your site.
-@cindex _GDBN__ reference card
-@cindex reference card
-You might also want hard copy of the _GDBN__ reference card. The
-_GDBN__ _GDB_VN__ release includes an already-formatted reference card, ready
-for printing on a PostScript printer, as @file{gdb-_GDB_VN__/gdb/refcard.ps}.
-It uses the most common PostScript fonts: the Times family, Courier, and
-Symbol. If you have a PostScript printer you can print the reference
-card by just sending @file{refcard.ps} to the printer.
-
-If you have some other kind of printer, or want to print using Computer
-Modern fonts instead, you can still print the reference card if you have
-@TeX{}. Format the reference card by typing
+If you want to print the reference card, but don't have a PostScript
+printer, or you want to use Computer Modern fonts instead,
+you can still print it if you have @TeX{}. Format the reference card by typing
@example
cd gdb-_GDB_VN__/gdb
make refcard.dvi