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author | Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com> | 2014-06-03 00:29:49 -0700 |
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committer | Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com> | 2014-06-03 00:29:49 -0700 |
commit | e698b8c41cbb2648a11a2ae806922c44d1482aed (patch) | |
tree | 4a3ded90e95596c985b7940cb82e50abd773d194 /gdb/doc/guile.texi | |
parent | fb1f94b09a3d12a231f6be8fadf421ab578dc4ba (diff) | |
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Add command support for Guile.
* Makefile.in (SUBDIR_GUILE_OBS): Add scm-cmd.o.
(SUBDIR_GUILE_SRCS): Add scm-cmd.c.
(scm-cmd.o): New rule.
* guile/guile-internal.h (gdbscm_gc_xstrdup): Declare.
(gdbscm_user_error_p): Declare.
(gdbscm_parse_command_name): Declare.
(gdbscm_valid_command_class_p): Declare.
(gdbscm_initialize_commands): Declare.
* guile/guile.c (initialize_gdb_module): Call
gdbscm_initialize_commands.
* guile/lib/gdb.scm: Export command symbols.
* guile/lib/gdb/init.scm (%exception-keys): Add gdb:user-error.
(throw-user-error): New function.
* guile/scm-cmd.c: New file.
* guile/scm-exception.c (user_error_symbol): New static global.
(gdbscm_user_error_p): New function.
(gdbscm_initialize_exceptions): Set user_error_symbol.
* scm-utils.c (gdbscm_gc_xstrdup): New function.
testsuite/
* gdb.guile/scm-cmd.c: New file.
* gdb.guile/scm-cmd.exp: New file.
doc/
* guile.texi (Guile API): Add entry for Commands In Guile.
(Basic Guile) <parse-and-eval>: Add reference.
(Basic Guile) <string->argv>: Move definition to Commands In Guile.
(GDB Scheme Data Types): Mention <gdb:command> object.
(Commands In Guile): New node.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/doc/guile.texi')
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1 files changed, 287 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/guile.texi b/gdb/doc/guile.texi index 23c8398..70fbd16 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/guile.texi +++ b/gdb/doc/guile.texi @@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ from the Guile interactive prompt. * Guile Pretty Printing API:: Pretty-printing values with Guile * Selecting Guile Pretty-Printers:: How GDB chooses a pretty-printer * Writing a Guile Pretty-Printer:: Writing a pretty-printer +* Commands In Guile:: Implementing new commands in Guile * Progspaces In Guile:: Program spaces * Objfiles In Guile:: Object files in Guile * Frames In Guile:: Accessing inferior stack frames from Guile @@ -293,16 +294,14 @@ Parse @var{expression} as an expression in the current language, evaluate it, and return the result as a @code{<gdb:value>}. The @var{expression} must be a string. -This function is useful when computing values. +This function can be useful when implementing a new command +(@pxref{Commands In Guile}), as it provides a way to parse the +command's arguments as an expression. +It is also is useful when computing values. For example, it is the only way to get the value of a convenience variable (@pxref{Convenience Vars}) as a @code{<gdb:value>}. @end deffn -@deffn {Scheme Procedure} string->argv string -Convert a string to a list of strings split up according to -@value{GDBN}'s argv parsing rules. -@end deffn - @node Guile Configuration @subsubsection Guile Configuration @cindex guile configuration @@ -358,6 +357,9 @@ as a symbol. @item <gdb:breakpoint> @xref{Breakpoints In Guile}. +@item <gdb:command> +@xref{Commands In Guile}. + @item <gdb:exception> @xref{Guile Exception Handling}. @@ -1665,6 +1667,285 @@ my_library.so: bar @end smallexample +@node Commands In Guile +@subsubsection Commands In Guile + +@cindex commands in guile +@cindex guile commands +You can implement new @value{GDBN} CLI commands in Guile. A CLI +command object is created with the @code{make-command} Guile function, +and added to @value{GDBN} with the @code{register-command!} Guile function. +This two-step approach is taken to separate out the side-effect of adding +the command to @value{GDBN} from @code{make-command}. + +There is no support for multi-line commands, that is commands that +consist of multiple lines and are terminated with @code{end}. + +@c TODO: line length +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} (make-command name @r{[}#:invoke invoke{]} @r{[}#:command-class command-class@r{]} @r{[}#:completer-class completer{]} @r{[}#:prefix? prefix@r{]} @r{[}#:doc doc-string{]}) + +The argument @var{name} is the name of the command. If @var{name} consists of +multiple words, then the initial words are looked for as prefix +commands. In this case, if one of the prefix commands does not exist, +an exception is raised. + +The result is the @code{<gdb:command>} object representing the command. +The command is not usable until it has been registered with @value{GDBN} +with @code{register-command!}. + +The rest of the arguments are optional. + +The argument @var{invoke} is a procedure of three arguments: @var{self}, +@var{args} and @var{from-tty}. The argument @var{self} is the +@code{<gdb:command>} object representing the command. +The argument @var{args} is a string representing the arguments passed to +the command, after leading and trailing whitespace has been stripped. +The argument @var{from-tty} is a boolean flag and specifies whether the +command should consider itself to have been originated from the user +invoking it interactively. If this function throws an exception, +it is turned into a @value{GDBN} @code{error} call. +Otherwise, the return value is ignored. + +The argument @var{command-class} is one of the @samp{COMMAND_} constants +defined below. This argument tells @value{GDBN} how to categorize the +new command in the help system. The default is @code{COMMAND_NONE}. + +The argument @var{completer} is either @code{#f}, one of the @samp{COMPLETE_} +constants defined below, or a procedure, also defined below. +This argument tells @value{GDBN} how to perform completion +for this command. If not provided or if the value is @code{#f}, +then no completion is performed on the command. + +The argument @var{prefix} is a boolean flag indicating whether the new +command is a prefix command; sub-commands of this command may be +registered. + +The argument @var{doc-string} is help text for the new command. +If no documentation string is provided, the default value ``This command is +not documented.'' is used. +@end deffn + +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} register-command! command +Add @var{command}, a @code{<gdb:command>} object, to @value{GDBN}'s +list of commands. +It is an error to register a command more than once. +The result is unspecified. +@end deffn + +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} command? object +Return @code{#t} if @var{object} is a @code{<gdb:command>} object. +Otherwise return @code{#f}. +@end deffn + +@cindex don't repeat Guile command +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} dont-repeat +By default, a @value{GDBN} command is repeated when the user enters a +blank line at the command prompt. A command can suppress this +behavior by invoking the @code{dont-repeat} function. This is similar +to the user command @code{dont-repeat}, see @ref{Define, dont-repeat}. +@end deffn + +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} string->argv string +Convert a string to a list of strings split up according to +@value{GDBN}'s argv parsing rules. +It is recommended to use this for consistency. +Arguments are separated by spaces and may be quoted. +Example: + +@smallexample +scheme@@(guile-user)> (string->argv "1 2\\ \\\"3 '4 \"5' \"6 '7\"") +$1 = ("1" "2 \"3" "4 \"5" "6 '7") +@end smallexample +@end deffn + +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} throw-user-error message . args +Throw a @code{gdb:user-error} exception. +The argument @var{message} is the error message as a format string, like the +@var{fmt} argument to the @code{format} Scheme function. +@xref{Formatted Output,,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual}. +The argument @var{args} is a list of the optional arguments of @var{message}. + +This is used when the command detects a user error of some kind, +say a bad command argument. + +@smallexample +(gdb) guile (use-modules (gdb)) +(gdb) guile +(register-command! (make-command "test-user-error" + #:command-class COMMAND_OBSCURE + #:invoke (lambda (self arg from-tty) + (throw-user-error "Bad argument ~a" arg)))) +end +(gdb) test-user-error ugh +ERROR: Bad argument ugh +@end smallexample +@end deffn + +@cindex completion of Guile commands +@deffn completer self text word +If the @var{completer} option to @code{make-command} is a procedure, +it takes three arguments: @var{self} which is the @code{<gdb:command>} +object, and @var{text} and @var{word} which are both strings. +The argument @var{text} holds the complete command line up to the cursor's +location. The argument @var{word} holds the last word of the command line; +this is computed using a word-breaking heuristic. + +All forms of completion are handled by this function, that is, +the @key{TAB} and @key{M-?} key bindings (@pxref{Completion}), +and the @code{complete} command (@pxref{Help, complete}). + +This procedure can return several kinds of values: + +@itemize @bullet +@item +If the return value is a list, the contents of the list are used as the +completions. It is up to @var{completer} to ensure that the +contents actually do complete the word. An empty list is +allowed, it means that there were no completions available. Only +string elements of the list are used; other elements in the +list are ignored. + +@item +If the return value is a @code{<gdb:iterator>} object, it is iterated over to +obtain the completions. It is up to @code{completer-procedure} to ensure +that the results actually do complete the word. Only +string elements of the result are used; other elements in the +sequence are ignored. + +@item +All other results are treated as though there were no available +completions. +@end itemize +@end deffn + +When a new command is registered, it will have been declared as a member of +some general class of commands. This is used to classify top-level +commands in the on-line help system; note that prefix commands are not +listed under their own category but rather that of their top-level +command. The available classifications are represented by constants +defined in the @code{gdb} module: + +@vtable @code +@item COMMAND_NONE +The command does not belong to any particular class. A command in +this category will not be displayed in any of the help categories. +This is the default. + +@item COMMAND_RUNNING +The command is related to running the inferior. For example, +@code{start}, @code{step}, and @code{continue} are in this category. +Type @kbd{help running} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of +commands in this category. + +@item COMMAND_DATA +The command is related to data or variables. For example, +@code{call}, @code{find}, and @code{print} are in this category. Type +@kbd{help data} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of commands +in this category. + +@item COMMAND_STACK +The command has to do with manipulation of the stack. For example, +@code{backtrace}, @code{frame}, and @code{return} are in this +category. Type @kbd{help stack} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a +list of commands in this category. + +@item COMMAND_FILES +This class is used for file-related commands. For example, +@code{file}, @code{list} and @code{section} are in this category. +Type @kbd{help files} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of +commands in this category. + +@item COMMAND_SUPPORT +This should be used for ``support facilities'', generally meaning +things that are useful to the user when interacting with @value{GDBN}, +but not related to the state of the inferior. For example, +@code{help}, @code{make}, and @code{shell} are in this category. Type +@kbd{help support} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of +commands in this category. + +@item COMMAND_STATUS +The command is an @samp{info}-related command, that is, related to the +state of @value{GDBN} itself. For example, @code{info}, @code{macro}, +and @code{show} are in this category. Type @kbd{help status} at the +@value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of commands in this category. + +@item COMMAND_BREAKPOINTS +The command has to do with breakpoints. For example, @code{break}, +@code{clear}, and @code{delete} are in this category. Type @kbd{help +breakpoints} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of commands in +this category. + +@item COMMAND_TRACEPOINTS +The command has to do with tracepoints. For example, @code{trace}, +@code{actions}, and @code{tfind} are in this category. Type +@kbd{help tracepoints} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of +commands in this category. + +@item COMMAND_USER +The command is a general purpose command for the user, and typically +does not fit in one of the other categories. +Type @kbd{help user-defined} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see +a list of commands in this category, as well as the list of gdb macros +(@pxref{Sequences}). + +@item COMMAND_OBSCURE +The command is only used in unusual circumstances, or is not of +general interest to users. For example, @code{checkpoint}, +@code{fork}, and @code{stop} are in this category. Type @kbd{help +obscure} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of commands in this +category. + +@item COMMAND_MAINTENANCE +The command is only useful to @value{GDBN} maintainers. The +@code{maintenance} and @code{flushregs} commands are in this category. +Type @kbd{help internals} at the @value{GDBN} prompt to see a list of +commands in this category. +@end vtable + +A new command can use a predefined completion function, either by +specifying it via an argument at initialization, or by returning it +from the @code{completer} procedure. These predefined completion +constants are all defined in the @code{gdb} module: + +@vtable @code +@item COMPLETE_NONE +This constant means that no completion should be done. + +@item COMPLETE_FILENAME +This constant means that filename completion should be performed. + +@item COMPLETE_LOCATION +This constant means that location completion should be done. +@xref{Specify Location}. + +@item COMPLETE_COMMAND +This constant means that completion should examine @value{GDBN} +command names. + +@item COMPLETE_SYMBOL +This constant means that completion should be done using symbol names +as the source. + +@item COMPLETE_EXPRESSION +This constant means that completion should be done on expressions. +Often this means completing on symbol names, but some language +parsers also have support for completing on field names. +@end vtable + +The following code snippet shows how a trivial CLI command can be +implemented in Guile: + +@smallexample +(gdb) guile +(register-command! (make-command "hello-world" + #:command-class COMMAND_USER + #:doc "Greet the whole world." + #:invoke (lambda (self args from-tty) (display "Hello, World!\n")))) +end +(gdb) hello-world +Hello, World! +@end smallexample + @node Progspaces In Guile @subsubsection Program Spaces In Guile |