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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 4a8ada9..f5b30d1 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ Files}, for more details about @value{GDBN} command files. @item Reads the command history recorded in the @dfn{history file}. -@xref{History}, for more details about the command history and the +@xref{Command History}, for more details about the command history and the files where @value{GDBN} records it. @end enumerate @@ -15023,7 +15023,7 @@ described here. @menu * Prompt:: Prompt * Editing:: Command editing -* History:: Command history +* Command History:: Command history * Screen Size:: Screen size * Numbers:: Numbers * ABI:: Configuring the current ABI @@ -15091,7 +15091,7 @@ Show whether command line editing is enabled. interface. Users unfamiliar with @sc{gnu} Emacs or @code{vi} are encouraged to read that chapter. -@node History +@node Command History @section Command history @cindex command history @@ -15104,6 +15104,17 @@ history facility. package, to provide the history facility. @xref{Using History Interactively}, for the detailed description of the History library. +To issue a command to @value{GDBN} without affecting certain aspects of +the state which is seen by users, prefix it with @samp{server }. This +means that this command will not affect the command history, nor will it +affect @value{GDBN}'s notion of which command to repeat if @key{RET} is +pressed on a line by itself. + +@cindex @code{server}, command prefix +The server prefix does not affect the recording of values into the value +history; to print a value without recording it into the value history, +use the @code{output} command instead of the @code{print} command. + Here is the description of @value{GDBN} commands related to command history. @@ -20604,7 +20615,6 @@ This is Edition @value{EDITION}, @value{DATE}. @menu * Annotations Overview:: What annotations are; the general syntax. -* Server Prefix:: Issuing a command without affecting user state. * Prompting:: Annotations marking @value{GDBN}'s need for input. * Errors:: Annotations for error messages. * Invalidation:: Some annotations describe things now invalid. @@ -20683,20 +20693,6 @@ Here @samp{quit} is input to @value{GDBN}; the rest is output from denotes a @samp{control-z} character) are annotations; the rest is output from @value{GDBN}. -@node Server Prefix -@section The Server Prefix -@cindex server prefix for annotations - -To issue a command to @value{GDBN} without affecting certain aspects of -the state which is seen by users, prefix it with @samp{server }. This -means that this command will not affect the command history, nor will it -affect @value{GDBN}'s notion of which command to repeat if @key{RET} is -pressed on a line by itself. - -The server prefix does not affect the recording of values into the value -history; to print a value without recording it into the value history, -use the @code{output} command instead of the @code{print} command. - @node Prompting @section Annotation for @value{GDBN} Input |