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| author | Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> | 2020-05-10 22:22:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> | 2020-05-15 22:17:46 +0200 |
| commit | 5b4a1a8dbe6b15414c586d8fc6dbaecdcf4046f3 (patch) | |
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Update NEWS and documentation for help and apropos changes.
gdb/ChangeLog
2020-05-15 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* NEWS: Mention changes to help and apropos.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2020-05-15 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* gdb.texinfo (Help): Document the help and apropos changes.
(Aliases): Document new meaning of -a abbreviation flag.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index c09c9df..0cb4182 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2020-05-15 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> + + * gdb.texinfo (Help): Document the help and apropos changes. + (Aliases): Document new meaning of -a abbreviation flag. + 2020-05-05 Kamil Rytarowski <n54@gmx.com> * gdb.texinfo (info proc, info proc cmdline, info proc cwd) diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index d5bf593..8f33012 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -2041,8 +2041,10 @@ Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous. @item help @var{class} Using one of the general help classes as an argument, you can get a -list of the individual commands in that class. For example, here is the -help display for the class @code{status}: +list of the individual commands in that class. If a command has +aliases, the aliases are given after the command name, separated by +commas. For example, here is the help display for the class +@code{status}: @smallexample (@value{GDBP}) help status @@ -2052,9 +2054,11 @@ List of commands: @c Line break in "show" line falsifies real output, but needed @c to fit in smallbook page size. -info -- Generic command for showing things +info, inf, i -- Generic command for showing things about the program being debugged -show -- Generic command for showing things +info address -- Describe where symbol SYM is stored. +... +show, info set -- Generic command for showing things about the debugger Type "help" followed by command name for full @@ -2065,7 +2069,9 @@ Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous. @item help @var{command} With a command name as @code{help} argument, @value{GDBN} displays a -short paragraph on how to use that command. +short paragraph on how to use that command. If that command has +one or more aliases, @value{GDBN} will display a first line with +the command name and all its aliases separated by commas. @kindex apropos @item apropos [-v] @var{regexp} @@ -2087,9 +2093,6 @@ results in: @group alias -- Define a new command that is an alias of an existing command aliases -- Aliases of other commands -d -- Delete some breakpoints or auto-display expressions -del -- Delete some breakpoints or auto-display expressions -delete -- Delete some breakpoints or auto-display expressions @end group @end smallexample @@ -27512,8 +27515,7 @@ underscores. that is being aliased. The @samp{-a} option specifies that the new alias is an abbreviation -of the command. Abbreviations are not shown in command -lists displayed by the @samp{help} command. +of the command. Abbreviations are not used in command completion. The @samp{--} option specifies the end of options, and is useful when @var{ALIAS} begins with a dash. |