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Re: [obv] add kindex for set remote hardware-{watchpoint,breakpoint}-limit


On Monday, August 06, 2012 07:18:53 PM Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> When you cannot find a subcommand in the index, you should go for its
> parent command.
> 
> > I thought we need 
> > kindex for every command in documentation, and that is why we need
> > "index".   Otherwise, the criteria of using kindex is not clear, IMO.
> 
> The criteria for kindex is to index every command, but not necessarily
> every subcommand.  So "set remote" is indexed.
> 

OK, the criteria is fine with me.

> Another example of a command with lots of subcommands which are not
> indexed is "set print" (although I see that a couple of subcommands
> sneaked in).
> 
> Again, having lots of index entries with identical beginning pointing
> to the same page is not useful.  Think how this looks in the printed
> manual, for example.
> 
> OK?

The following is to revert my patch.

-- 
Yao (éå)

gdb/doc:

2012-08-07  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>

	Revert the folloing patch:
	2012-08-06  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>
	* gdb.texinfo (Remote Configuration): Add kindex for 'set
	remote hardware-watchpoint-limit' and 'set
	remote hardware-breakpoint-limit'.

Index: doc/gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.997
diff -u -r1.997 gdb.texinfo
--- doc/gdb.texinfo	6 Aug 2012 17:13:27 -0000	1.997
+++ doc/gdb.texinfo	7 Aug 2012 01:08:58 -0000
@@ -17839,9 +17839,7 @@
 @anchor{set remote hardware-watchpoint-limit}
 @anchor{set remote hardware-breakpoint-limit}
 @item set remote hardware-watchpoint-limit @var{limit}
-@kindex set remote hardware-watchpoint-limit
 @itemx set remote hardware-breakpoint-limit @var{limit}
-@kindex set remote hardware-breakpoint-limit
 Restrict @value{GDBN} to using @var{limit} remote hardware breakpoint or
 watchpoints.  A limit of -1, the default, is treated as unlimited.


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