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authorPhilippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>2019-09-28 19:30:08 +0200
committerPhilippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>2019-11-30 09:38:37 +0100
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Document define-prefix command and the use of . in command names.
gdb/ChangeLog 2019-11-30 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> * NEWS: Mention define-prefix. Tell that command names can now contain a . character. gdb/doc/ChangeLog 2019-11-30 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> * gdb.texinfo (Define): Indicate that user-defined prefix can be used in 'define' command. Document 'define-prefix' command.
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provide the exitcode or exit status of the shell commands launched by
GDB commands such as "shell", "pipe" and "make".
+* The command define-prefix can now define user defined prefix commands.
+ User defined commands can now be defined using these user defined prefix
+ commands.
+
+* Command names can now use the . character.
+
* The RX port now supports XML target descriptions.
* GDB now shows the Ada task names at more places, e.g. in task switching
@@ -100,6 +106,9 @@ pipe -d DELIM COMMAND DELIM SHELL_COMMAND
With no COMMAND, repeat the last executed command
and send its output to SHELL_COMMAND.
+define-prefix COMMAND
+ Define or mark a command as a user-defined prefix command.
+
with SETTING [VALUE] [-- COMMAND]
w SETTING [VALUE] [-- COMMAND]
Temporarily set SETTING, run COMMAND, and restore SETTING.