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authorJoel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>2010-06-28 19:54:04 +0000
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Document the GDB python directory.
2010-06-27 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> * NEWS: Add entry announcing the python directory. 2010-06-27 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> * gdb.texinfo (Python): Document what the python directory is and what its location is. (Basic Python): Document the gdb.PYTHONDIR constant.
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* Python scripting
+** GDB now provides a new directory location, called the python directory,
+ where Python scripts written for GDB can be installed. The location
+ of that directory is <data-directory>/python, where <data-directory>
+ is the GDB data directory. For more details, see section `Scripting
+ GDB using Python' in the manual.
+
** The GDB Python API now has access to breakpoints, symbols, symbol
tables, program spaces, and frame's code blocks. Additionally, GDB
Parameters can now be created from the API, and manipulated via