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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 65b1249..7c64f05 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2000-11-19 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> + + * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Fixed markup and typos, + as suggested by Dmitry Sivachenko <dima@Chg.RU>. + 2000-11-10 Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> * gdb.texinfo: Document new 'set step-mode' command. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 4a09118..aa92565 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -3281,12 +3281,12 @@ without debugging information, use the @code{stepi} command, described below. @end quotation -The @code{step} command only stops at the first instruction of a -source line. This prevents the multiple stops that could otherwise occur in -switch statements, for loops, etc. @code{step} continues to stop if a -function that has debugging information is called within the line. -In other words, @code{step} @emph{steps inside} any functions called -within the line. +The @code{step} command only stops at the first instruction of a source +line. This prevents the multiple stops that could otherwise occur in +@code{switch} statements, @code{for} loops, etc. @code{step} continues +to stop if a function that has debugging information is called within +the line. In other words, @code{step} @emph{steps inside} any functions +called within the line. Also, the @code{step} command only enters a function if there is line number information for the function. Otherwise it acts like the @@ -3321,23 +3321,23 @@ An argument @var{count} is a repeat count, as for @code{step}. The @code{next} command only stops at the first instruction of a source line. This prevents multiple stops that could otherwise occur in -switch statements, for loops, etc. +@code{switch} statements, @code{for} loops, etc. @kindex set step-mode @item set step-mode @cindex functions without line info, and stepping @cindex stepping into functions with no line info @itemx set step-mode on -The @code{set step-mode on} command causes the @code{step} command to to +The @code{set step-mode on} command causes the @code{step} command to stop at the first instruction of a function which contains no debug line information rather than stepping over it. -This is useful in cases where you may be interested in inspecting the assembly -language of a function which has no symbolic info and do not want @value{GDBN} -to automatically skip over this function. +This is useful in cases where you may be interested in inspecting the +machine instructions of a function which has no symbolic info and do not +want @value{GDBN} to automatically skip over this function. @item set step-mode off -Causes the step command to step over any functions which contains no +Causes the @code{step} command to step over any functions which contains no debug information. This is the default. @kindex finish |