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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 0924430..97a5531 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -7262,8 +7262,16 @@ Giant words (eight bytes). @end table Each time you specify a unit size with @code{x}, that size becomes the -default unit the next time you use @code{x}. (For the @samp{s} and -@samp{i} formats, the unit size is ignored and is normally not written.) +default unit the next time you use @code{x}. For the @samp{i} format, +the unit size is ignored and is normally not written. For the @samp{s} format, +the unit size defaults to @samp{b}, unless it is explicitly given. +Use @kbd{x /hs} to display 16-bit char strings and @kbd{x /ws} to display +32-bit strings. The next use of @kbd{x /s} will again display 8-bit strings. +Note that the results depend on the programming language of the +current compilation unit. If the language is C, the @samp{s} +modifier will use the UTF-16 encoding while @samp{w} will use +UTF-32. The encoding is set by the programming language and cannot +be altered. @item @var{addr}, starting display address @var{addr} is the address where you want @value{GDBN} to begin displaying |