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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 7975fd6..3f6b154 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ communicate with @value{GDBN} using it as a back end. @samp{--interpreter=mi} (or @samp{--interpreter=mi2}) causes @value{GDBN} to use the @dfn{@sc{gdb/mi} interface} (@pxref{GDB/MI, , -The @sc{gdb/mi} Interface}) included since @var{GDBN} version 6.0. The +The @sc{gdb/mi} Interface}) included since @value{GDBN} version 6.0. The previous @sc{gdb/mi} interface, included in @value{GDBN} version 5.3 and selected with @samp{--interpreter=mi1}, is deprecated. Earlier @sc{gdb/mi} interfaces are no longer supported. @@ -16457,9 +16457,11 @@ each value is printed in its own window. @unnumberedsec Function and Purpose @cindex @sc{gdb/mi}, its purpose -@sc{gdb/mi} is a line based machine oriented text interface to @value{GDBN}. It is -specifically intended to support the development of systems which use -the debugger as just one small component of a larger system. +@sc{gdb/mi} is a line based machine oriented text interface to +@value{GDBN} and is activated by specifying using the +@option{--interpreter} command line option (@pxref{Mode Options}). It +is specifically intended to support the development of systems which +use the debugger as just one small component of a larger system. This chapter is a specification of the @sc{gdb/mi} interface. It is written in the form of a reference manual. |