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| author | Joel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com> | 2009-09-10 18:57:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Joel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com> | 2009-09-10 18:57:15 +0000 |
| commit | 14fb1bac2d4fe710dc9aebedf18bd449acdac1dc (patch) | |
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Add documentation for set/show interactive-mode.
* gdb.texinfo (Other Misc Settings): New node.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index f23b507..b3f8fc7 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-09-10 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> + + Add documentation for set/show interactive-mode. + * gdb.texinfo (Other Misc Settings): New node. + 2009-09-01 Doug Evans <dje@google.com> * gdb.texinfo (Caching Data of Remote Targets): Add note on diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 52ead12..7b26675 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -17620,6 +17620,7 @@ described here. * ABI:: Configuring the current ABI * Messages/Warnings:: Optional warnings and messages * Debugging Output:: Optional messages about internal happenings +* Other Misc Settings:: Other Miscellaneous Settings @end menu @node Prompt @@ -18250,6 +18251,28 @@ Turns on or off debugging messages for built-in XML parsers. Displays the current state of XML debugging messages. @end table +@node Other Misc Settings +@section Other Miscellaneous Settings +@cindex miscellaneous settings + +@table @code +@kindex set interactive-mode +@item set interactive-mode +If @code{on}, forces @value{GDBN} to operate interactively. +If @code{off}, forces @value{GDBN} to operate non-interactively, +If @code{auto} (the default), @value{GDBN} guesses which mode to use, +based on whether the debugger was started in a terminal or not. + +In the vast majority of cases, the debugger should be able to guess +correctly which mode should be used. But this setting can be useful +in certain specific cases, such as running a MinGW @value{GDBN} +inside a cygwin window. + +@kindex show interactive-mode +@item show interactive-mode +Displays whether the debugger is operating in interactive mode or not. +@end table + @node Extending GDB @chapter Extending @value{GDBN} @cindex extending GDB |