From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: 61453@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61453: It is annoying to have to type 'print foo' before each .gdbinit command.
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 15:08:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mt5jghej.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y+jjRaoD1XR4w6mj@ACM> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Sun, 12 Feb 2023 13:01:57 +0000)
> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 13:01:57 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
>
> In a GDB session, whilst debugging Emacs, it is common to want to print,
> for example, the current value of Lisp variable foo. At the moment, one
> has to type
>
> p foo
> xpr
>
> .. This need, continually to type p (or print) is irritating. It should
> be possible simply to type
>
> xpr foo
>
> .. The same applies to many other commands in .gdbinit.
>
> The following patch fixes this irritation. It allows a user to type xpr
> foo, yet also preserves the old version with no arguments, which can be
> handy, sometimes.
>
> I propose this patch be applied to the master branch.
What's wrong with the existing "pp" command? I think it covers all
your needs, and doesn't need any changes to existing xFOO commands.
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-12 13:01 bug#61453: It is annoying to have to type 'print foo' before each .gdbinit command Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-12 13:08 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-02-12 13:34 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-12 14:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-12 14:42 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-12 14:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-12 16:14 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-12 16:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-12 18:23 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-12 18:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-12 18:56 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-12 19:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
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