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-rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 18 |
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 4ee5c63..0ebe882 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2012-05-18 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document 'set print symbol'. + 2012-05-14 Stan Shebs <stan@codesourcery.com> * gdb.texinfo (Dynamic Printf): New subsection. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 7bfb964..b904f9b 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -8435,6 +8435,24 @@ does not show the symbol name and filename of the referent, even with the appropriate @code{set print} options turned on. @end quotation +You can also enable @samp{/a}-like formatting all the time using +@samp{set print symbol on}: + +@table @code +@item set print symbol on +Tell @value{GDBN} to print the symbol corresponding to an address, if +one exists. + +@item set print symbol off +Tell @value{GDBN} not to print the symbol corresponding to an +address. In this mode, @value{GDBN} will still print the symbol +corresponding to pointers to functions. This is the default. + +@item show print symbol +Show whether @value{GDBN} will display the symbol corresponding to an +address. +@end table + Other settings control how different kinds of objects are printed: @table @code |