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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 08ba92d..4410a47 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -22506,12 +22506,30 @@ automatically imported when @value{GDBN} starts. @cindex python commands @cindex commands to access python -@value{GDBN} provides one command for accessing the Python interpreter, +@value{GDBN} provides two commands for accessing the Python interpreter, and one related setting: @table @code +@kindex python-interactive +@kindex pi +@item python-interactive @r{[}@var{command}@r{]} +@itemx pi @r{[}@var{command}@r{]} +Without an argument, the @code{python-interactive} command can be used +to start an interactive Python prompt. + +Alternatively, a single-line Python command can be given as an +argument and evaluated. If the command is an expression, the result +will be printed; otherwise, nothing will be printed. For example: + +@smallexample +(@value{GDBP}) python-interactive 2 + 3 +5 +@end smallexample + @kindex python -@item python @r{[}@var{code}@r{]} +@kindex py +@item python @r{[}@var{command}@r{]} +@itemx py @r{[}@var{command}@r{]} The @code{python} command can be used to evaluate Python code. If given an argument, the @code{python} command will evaluate the |