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@@ -885,6 +885,12 @@ GNU/Linux/OpenRISC or1k*-*-linux*
need to focus on the command window for such key combinations to
work.
+* DDB now supports GNU poke, the extensible editor for structured
+ binary data.
+
+ To build GDB with poke support, pass --with-poke to configure (this
+ requires libpoke, the GNU poke library).
+
* New commands
set debug event-loop
@@ -950,6 +956,18 @@ show python dont-write-bytecode
When set to 'auto' (the default) Python will check the
PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE environment variable.
+poke STR
+ Execute a Poke statement or declaration.
+
+poke-add-type EXPR
+ Make Poke aware of a GDB type given an expression.
+
+poke-add-types REGEXP
+ Make Poke aware of GDB types based on a regexp.
+
+poke-dump-types
+ Dump the definition of all the GDB types known to poke.
+
* Changed commands
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