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authorAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>2015-11-21 12:13:07 +0100
committerAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>2015-12-11 23:07:00 +0000
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gdb: Extend help text for 'list' command.
Reference the 'listsize' setting in the help text for the 'list' command to help users find this setting. gdb/ChangeLog: * cli/cli-cmds.c (_initialize_cli_cmds): Extend help text for 'list' command.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb')
-rw-r--r--gdb/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c8
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 960a304..a63d9c5 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2015-12-11 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
+ * cli/cli-cmds.c (_initialize_cli_cmds): Extend help text for
+ 'list' command.
+
+2015-12-11 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
+
* cli/cli-cmds.c (list_command): Add an error when trying to use
'-' to scan read off the start of the source file.
diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c b/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c
index a6935bf..4f1a710 100644
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c
@@ -1896,8 +1896,12 @@ Lines can be specified in these ways:\n\
FUNCTION, to list around beginning of that function,\n\
FILE:FUNCTION, to distinguish among like-named static functions.\n\
*ADDRESS, to list around the line containing that address.\n\
-With two args if one is empty it stands for ten lines away from \
-the other arg."));
+With two args, if one is empty, it stands for ten lines away from\n\
+the other arg.\n\
+\n\
+By default, when a single location is given, display ten lines.\n\
+This can be changed using \"set listsize\", and the current value\n\
+can be shown using \"show listsize\"."));
add_com_alias ("l", "list", class_files, 1);