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(Source Buffers): ..this and move forward.  Describe hollow arrow and
new option gdb-find-source-frame.
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Nick Roberts 2006-07-31 06:57:28 +00:00
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@ -834,12 +834,12 @@ that way, you can use @kbd{M-x gdba} to invoke GDB in graphical mode.
@menu
* GDB User Interface Layout:: Control the number of displayed buffers.
* Source Buffers:: Use the mouse in the fringe/margin to
control your program.
* Breakpoints Buffer:: A breakpoint control panel.
* Stack Buffer:: Select a frame from the call stack.
* Other GDB User Interface Buffers:: Input/output, locals, registers,
assembler, threads and memory buffers.
* GDB commands in the Fringe:: Use the mouse in the fringe/margin to
control your program.
* Watch Expressions:: Monitor variable values in the speedbar.
@end menu
@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ displays the following frame layout:
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| GUD buffer (I/O of GDB) | Locals buffer |
|--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Source buffer | I/O buffer for debugged pgm |
| Primary Source buffer | I/O buffer for debugged pgm |
|--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Stack buffer | Breakpoints buffer |
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
@ -871,8 +871,8 @@ displays the following frame layout:
@end smallexample
However, if @code{gdb-use-separate-io-buffer} is @code{nil}, the I/O
buffer does not appear and the source buffer occupies the full width
of the frame.
buffer does not appear and the primary source buffer occupies the full
width of the frame.
@findex gdb-restore-windows
If you change the window layout, for example, while editing and
@ -904,6 +904,61 @@ as well as GDB's breakpoints. You do need to check that the
breakpoints in recently edited source files are still in the right
places.
@node Source Buffers
@subsubsection Source Buffers
@cindex GDB commands in Fringe
@c @findex gdb-mouse-set-clear-breakpoint
@c @findex gdb-mouse-toggle-breakpoint
Many GDB commands can be entered using keybindings or the tool bar but
sometimes it is quicker to use the fringe. These commands either
manipulate breakpoints or control program execution. When there is no
fringe, you can use the margin but this is only present when the
source file already has a breakpoint.
You can click @kbd{Mouse-1} in the fringe or display margin of a
source buffer to set a breakpoint there and, on a graphical display, a
red bullet will appear on that line. If a breakpoint already exists
on that line, the same click will remove it. You can also enable or
disable a breakpoint by clicking @kbd{C-Mouse-1} on the bullet.
A solid arrow in the left fringe of a source buffer indicates the line
of the innermost frame where the debugged program has stopped. A
hollow arrow indicates the current execution line of higher level
frames.
If you drag the arrow in the fringe with @kbd{Mouse-1}
(@code{gdb-mouse-until}), execution will continue to the line where
you release the button, provided it is still in the same frame.
Alternatively, you can click @kbd{Mouse-3} at some point in the fringe
of this buffer and execution will advance to there. A similar command
(@code{gdb-mouse-jump}) allows you to jump to a source line without
executing the intermediate lines by clicking @kbd{C-Mouse-3}. This
command allows you to go backwards which can be useful for running
through code that has already executed, in order to examine its
execution in more detail.
@table @kbd
@item Mouse-1
Set or clear a breakpoint.
@item C-Mouse-1
Enable or disable a breakpoint.
@item Mouse-3
Continue execution to here.
@item C-Mouse-3
Jump to here.
@end table
If the variable @code{gdb-find-source-frame} is non-@code{nil} and
execution stops in a frame for which there is no source code e.g after
an interrupt, then Emacs finds and displays the first frame further up
stack for which there is source. If it is @code{nil} then the source
buffer continues to display the last frame which maybe more useful,
for example, when re-setting a breakpoint.
@node Breakpoints Buffer
@subsubsection Breakpoints Buffer
@ -918,7 +973,7 @@ breakpoint}, the breakpoint which point is on.
@findex gdb-toggle-breakpoint
Enable/disable the current breakpoint (@code{gdb-toggle-breakpoint}).
On a graphical display, this changes the color of a bullet in the
margin of the source buffer at the relevant line. This is red when
margin of a source buffer at the relevant line. This is red when
the breakpoint is enabled and grey when it is disabled. Text-only
terminals correspondingly display a @samp{B} or @samp{b}.
@ -1003,10 +1058,10 @@ The threads buffer displays a summary of all threads currently in your
program (@pxref{Threads, Threads, Debugging programs with multiple
threads, gdb, The GNU debugger}). Move point to any thread in the
list and press @key{RET} to select it (@code{gdb-threads-select}) and
display the associated source in the source buffer. Alternatively,
click @kbd{Mouse-2} on a thread to select it. If the locals buffer is
visible, its contents update to display the variables that are local
in the new thread.
display the associated source in the primary source buffer.
Alternatively, click @kbd{Mouse-2} on a thread to select it. If the
locals buffer is visible, its contents update to display the variables
that are local in the new thread.
@item Memory Buffer
The memory buffer lets you examine sections of program memory
@ -1017,49 +1072,6 @@ displays. Click @kbd{Mouse-3} on the header line to select the
display format or unit size for these data items.
@end table
@node GDB commands in the Fringe
@subsubsection GDB commands in the Fringe
@cindex GDB commands in the Fringe
@c @findex gdb-mouse-set-clear-breakpoint
@c @findex gdb-mouse-toggle-breakpoint
Many GDB commands can be entered using keybindings or the tool bar but
sometimes it is quicker to use the fringe. These commands either
manipulate breakpoints or control program execution. When there is no
fringe, you can use the margin but this is only present when the
source file already has a breakpoint.
You can click @kbd{Mouse-1} in the fringe or display margin of a
source buffer to set a breakpoint there and, on a graphical display, a
red bullet will appear on that line. If a breakpoint already exists
on that line, the same click will remove it. You can also enable or
disable a breakpoint by clicking @kbd{C-Mouse-1} on the bullet.
If you drag the debugger arrow in the fringe with @kbd{Mouse-1}
(@code{gdb-mouse-until}), execution will continue to the line where
you release the button, provided it is still in the same frame.
Alternatively, you can click @kbd{Mouse-3} at some point in the fringe
of this buffer and execution will advance to there. A similar command
(@code{gdb-mouse-jump}) allows you to jump to a source line without
executing the intermediate lines by clicking @kbd{C-Mouse-3}. This
command allows you to go backwards which can be useful for running
through code that has already executed, in order to examine its
execution in more detail.
@table @kbd
@item Mouse-1
Set or clear a breakpoint.
@item C-Mouse-1
Enable or disable a breakpoint.
@item Mouse-3
Continue execution to here.
@item C-Mouse-3
Jump to here.
@end table
@node Watch Expressions
@subsubsection Watch Expressions
@cindex Watching expressions in GDB