From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6128: Suggestion for improving info node "GDB Graphical Interface" Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 09:39:58 +0200 Message-ID: <87pr18i2i9.fsf@escher.home> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1273218990 8300 80.91.229.12 (7 May 2010 07:56:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 07:56:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6128@debbugs.gnu.org To: Reuben Thomas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 07 09:56:29 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OAIQ4-0008Dq-Ut for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 May 2010 09:56:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56270 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OAIQ4-0007Xy-Cb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 May 2010 03:56:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1OAIPw-0007WN-KW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 May 2010 03:56:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=50929 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OAIPu-0007UU-Fz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 May 2010 03:56:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OAIPs-0008VL-LU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 May 2010 03:56:14 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56239) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OAIPs-0008VF-IZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 May 2010 03:56:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OAIBB-0003ch-Nf; Fri, 07 May 2010 03:41:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stephen Berman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 07:41:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6128 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6128-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6128.127321800713915 (code B ref 6128); Fri, 07 May 2010 07:41:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6128) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 May 2010 07:40:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OAIAI-0003cO-KH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 07 May 2010 03:40:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OAIAG-0003bz-3r for 6128@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 07 May 2010 03:40:05 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 07 May 2010 07:39:59 -0000 Original-Received: from i59F571D2.versanet.de (EHLO escher.home) [89.245.113.210] by mail.gmx.net (mp014) with SMTP; 07 May 2010 09:39:59 +0200 X-Authenticated: #20778731 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/sPtxrOp3srn7e2fsuUKhUcgfm4iLMmuhdVXVVJF iZaxUkt0VPR+oh Original-Received: by escher.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4E578102BA; Fri, 7 May 2010 09:39:58 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Reuben Thomas's message of "Thu, 6 May 2010 22:35:15 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 03:41:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:36762 Archived-At: On Thu, 6 May 2010 22:35:15 +0100 Reuben Thomas wrote: > "In effect, this makes Emacs into an IDE (interactive development environment)." > > I suggest this sentence be removed. There are two problems: first, > "IDE" stands for "Integrated Development Environment", not > "Interactive Development Environment". Secondly, the GDB Graphical > Interface does not make Emacs either of those things: it is both > already integrated (in this case, for debugging, with the existing > gud-* modes) and interactive (fundamentally). Perhaps the intention of > this sentence is to advertise that this mode can make Emacs more like > a more typical GUI-based IDE, but that dubious both as a statement and > as a wish. I agree the sentence should be removed, which would obviate needing to correct its grammar (to either "makes Emacs an IDE" or "turns Emacs into an IDE"). Steve Berman