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Re: tracing, attaching to gdb processes
On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 08:16:18PM -0800, Ed Peschko wrote:
> Also, I note that when you do do something like this, you get a 'press <return> to
> coninue, q<return> to quit'. It would be nice if there was a way to override this.
"set height 0"
Stopping on input is a bit more complicated than you think. Whenever
the program is running, it has control of the terminal - and input goes
to it, not to us. I don't see an easy way to do this.
> well, cool.. then simply add that as a hook inside the library. Which would
> you rather write (continuously), the first one, or the second? And isn't it useful
> to have it just for suggesting ideas to end users of gdb?
That says to me that it belongs in the manual. Shipping a library is a
serious pain; why should we do it for a two-line function?
> Anyways, if this isn't the place to request gdb features, what *is* the correct
> place?
It's the right place; I'm just not sure I agree with your suggestions.
If someone else does, they're welcome to submit a patch :-)
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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