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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/NEWS | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/cli/cli-decode.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/settings.exp | 8 |
4 files changed, 36 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ emit to indicate where a breakpoint should be placed to break in a function past its prologue. +* Completion now also offers "NUMBER" for "set" commands that accept + a numeric argument and the "unlimited" keyword. For example: + + (gdb) set width <TAB> + NUMBER unlimited + + and consequently: + + (gdb) complete set width + set width NUMBER + set width unlimited + * New commands maintenance set ignore-prologue-end-flag on|off diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c index a152834..fde554c 100644 --- a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c +++ b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c @@ -989,6 +989,8 @@ integer_unlimited_completer (struct cmd_list_element *ignore, NULL, }; + if (*text == '\0') + tracker.add_completion (make_unique_xstrdup ("NUMBER")); complete_on_enum (tracker, keywords, text, word); } diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 39c49f2..f7b02c2 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -1960,6 +1960,21 @@ After displaying the available possibilities, @value{GDBN} copies your partial input (@samp{b make_} in the example) so you can finish the command. +If the command you are trying to complete expects either a keyword or a +number to follow, then @samp{NUMBER} will be shown among the available +completions, for example: + +@smallexample +(@value{GDBP}) print -elements @key{TAB}@key{TAB} +NUMBER unlimited +(@value{GDBP}) print -elements@tie{} +@end smallexample + +@noindent +Here, the option expects a number (e.g., @code{100}), not literal +@code{NUMBER}. Such metasyntactical arguments are always presented in +uppercase. + If you just want to see the list of alternatives in the first place, you can press @kbd{M-?} rather than pressing @key{TAB} twice. @kbd{M-?} means @kbd{@key{META} ?}. You can type this either by holding down a diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/settings.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/settings.exp index dafc5e4..890a2be 100644 --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/settings.exp +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/settings.exp @@ -215,8 +215,14 @@ proc test-integer {variant} { test_gdb_complete_none \ "$set_cmd " } else { + test_gdb_complete_multiple "$set_cmd " "" "" { + "NUMBER" + "unlimited" + } + test_gdb_complete_none \ + "$set_cmd 1" test_gdb_complete_unique \ - "$set_cmd " \ + "$set_cmd u" \ "$set_cmd unlimited" } |