Re: [PATCH] Add File->Close

[Keith Seitz <keiths at cygnus dot com>]

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Fernando Nasser wrote:

> > Now that you mention it, "Close" does sound like a bad choice, but I
> > don't really like "clear" either. How about something like "Close
> > executable" or something more descriptive?
> >
>
> You know why I came out with "Clear"?  Because this is the name GDB
> gives to it internally.  The GDBLIB function is called "clear_file()".

I don't see a "clear_file" in gdb. All I see our "gdb_clear_file" in
generic/gdbtk-cmds.c. Is there a "standard" interface for this now that we
should be using??

> "Clear" is actually the standard name for this operation -- well, IBM
> and MS standard at least (Jim: how is it at Apple?).  It means "emptying
> your application of anything that is loaded in your 'document', i.e.
> 'clearing' your "document").  "Document" is an abstract concept -- it
> can be a spreadsheet for instance.  In our case is what the debugger is
> looking at.

IBM and MS use "Clear"? I don't recall seeing that. But I guess clear will
work, it is still less ambiguous than "close". I will change it and check
in a change for the online docs, too. (Remember those? :-)

In any case, if we don't like it, we can always change it!
Keith