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diff --git a/gdb/WHATS.NEW b/gdb/WHATS.NEW index 97b0415..6ba89aa 100755 --- a/gdb/WHATS.NEW +++ b/gdb/WHATS.NEW @@ -2,20 +2,8 @@ * New Facilities -Gdb now paginates its output, with a ``more''-like interface. You can -set the screen width and screen height with new ``set'' commands; they -default to your terminal settings. Wide output is wrapped at good -places to make the output more readable. - -Gdb now reads its input via the ``readline'' interface. This provides -inline editing of commands, using familiar Emacs or VI commands (like -``tcsh'' or the korn shell); history substitutions a la the C shell; -and storage and recall of your command history across debugging -sessions. The default is Emacs mode; to switch temporarily to vi mode, -use control-meta-J or ESC control-j. You can switch permanently to vi -mode by putting the line ``set editing-mode vi'' in the file .inputrc -in your home directory. For full details, see the description in -readline/inc-readline.texinfo and readline/inc-history.texinfo. +Wide output is wrapped at good places to make the output more +readable. Gdb now supports cross-debugging from a host machine of one type to a target machine of another type. Communication with the target system @@ -47,7 +35,7 @@ What follows are the NEW set commands. The command ``help set'' will print a complete list of old and new set commands. ``help set FOO'' will give a longer description of the variable FOO. -caution on/off: Enables warning questions for operations that are +confirm on/off: Enables warning questions for operations that are hard to recover from, e.g. rerunning the program while it is already running. Default is ON. @@ -88,22 +76,24 @@ screen-width N: This integer value is the number of characters on a line. setting from the termcap entry matching the environment variable TERM. -Note: ``set screensize'' is obsolete. Use ``set screen-height'' and -``set screen-width'' instead. +Note: ``set screensize'' is obsolete. Use ``set height'' and +``set width'' instead. -addressprint on/off: Print memory addresses in various command displays, +print address on/off: Print memory addresses in various command displays, such as stack traces and structure values. Gdb looks more ``symbolic'' if you turn this off; it looks more ``machine level'' with it on. Default is ON. -arrayprint on/off: Prettyprint arrays. New convenient format! Default +print array on/off: Prettyprint arrays. New convenient format! Default is OFF. -demangle on/off: Print C++ symbols in "source" form if on, "raw" form if off. +print demangle on/off: Print C++ symbols in "source" form if on, + "raw" form if off. -asm-demangle on/off: Same, for assembler level printouts like instructions. +print asm-demangle on/off: Same, for assembler level printouts + like instructions. -vtblprint on/off: Prettyprint C++ virtual function tables. Default is OFF. +print vtbl on/off: Prettyprint C++ virtual function tables. Default is OFF. * Support for Epoch Environment. |