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| author | Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> | 2018-02-14 10:18:25 -0700 |
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| committer | Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> | 2018-03-14 09:44:32 -0600 |
| commit | 80ae639d3cc4f1e83f1ad48686f87417c06ca6dc (patch) | |
| tree | 67c6e4502b191d6b71966958b8d17bb2c2a54081 | |
| parent | 0d671d99a6125e8406e4d06efb58542d3f0aa955 (diff) | |
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Add usage to printf command
This patch adds the "Usage:" text to the printf command's help text,
and tries to improve the text a tiny bit.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-03-14 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* printcmd.c (_initialize_printcmd): Add usage to printf.
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/printcmd.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index f1b3b31..ba227ab 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2018-03-14 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> + + * printcmd.c (_initialize_printcmd): Add usage to printf. + 2018-03-14 Yao Qi <qiyao@sourceware.org> * MAINTAINERS: Update my email address. diff --git a/gdb/printcmd.c b/gdb/printcmd.c index fc9d7e4..13b967f 100644 --- a/gdb/printcmd.c +++ b/gdb/printcmd.c @@ -2680,8 +2680,9 @@ No argument means cancel all automatic-display expressions.\n\ Do \"info display\" to see current list of code numbers."), &deletelist); add_com ("printf", class_vars, printf_command, _("\ -printf \"printf format string\", arg1, arg2, arg3, ..., argn\n\ -This is useful for formatted output in user-defined commands.")); +Formatted printing, like the C \"printf\" function.\n\ +Usage: printf \"format string\", arg1, arg2, arg3, ..., argn\n\ +This supports most C printf format specifications, like %s, %d, etc.")); add_com ("output", class_vars, output_command, _("\ Like \"print\" but don't put in value history and don't print newline.\n\ |