From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.rodgers@ihs.com>
Subject: Re: gud mode and changing files
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:47:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E2841C4.5020709@ihs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 871y3cap3o.fsf@fleche.redhat.com
Tom Tromey wrote:
> I leave Emacs running for a long time, and I end up with many
> buffers. Sometimes I'll do a `cvs update' on the command line but not
> refresh all the corresponding buffers I have in Emacs.
>
> Then, when I'm debugging in gud mode, Emacs will show me the existing
> buffer. However, if the underlying file has changed then the gud
> arrow ends up pointing to the wrong place.
Have you tried `M-x global-auto-revert-mode RET'?
> This happened to me twice in the last few days. Both times it took me
> a while to realize what was going on, and that a simple C-x C-f would
> fix it.
Do you mean `C-x C-v'?
> I think it would be useful if gud-mode would notice this situation and
> tell me about it. Perhaps before displaying a buffer it could ask me
> if I want to refresh it from the filesystem.
If global-auto-revert-mode is too intrusive, you could use auto-revert-mode in
the mode hook for the files you're debugging (presumably C mode). You could
even make that conditional upon whether or not GUD is running.
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<a href="mailto:<kevin.rodgers@ihs.com>">Kevin Rodgers</a>
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