Re: Fw: Initialization Commands

[Keith Seitz <keiths at redhat dot com>]

On 11/02/2009 12:03 PM, María de los A. Vázquez wrote:
> > I don't know anything about Code::Blocks, but it sounds to me like they
> > are starting up gdb/insight using the "-nx" option, which suppresses
> > reading .gdbinit.
>
> Where is declared the "-nx" option?

$ gdb --help | grep nx
  --nx               Do not read .gdbinit file.

It is an option to gdb/insight.

> I declared the .gdbinit file in my home directory and in the current
> directory but it didn't work.

That really sounds like "-nx" is being used...

> I try the Target Settings Dialog, but it doesn't work neither. If I close
> insight and open it again, I have to input all the information again.
> That isn't
> what I need.

More evidence that "-nx" is being used... You can double-check this by 
opening a console window (in insight) and entering the following command:

(gdb) tk set ::GDBStartup(inhibit_prefs)

If this returns "1", then the "-nx" option was passed to gdb/insight. 
You can override this by defining "INSIGHT_FORCE_READ_PREFERENCES" in 
your environment, i.e., "export INSIGHT_FORCE_READ_PREFERENCES=1" for 
the bash shell.

Keith