From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Multiple debugging sessions Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:56:44 +1300 Message-ID: <17269.30220.666193.179305@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <87u0feb5b7.fsf@wigwam.deepwood.net> <871x2hck3a.fsf@cut.bc.hsia.telus.net> <17239.8445.256875.931159@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17266.60914.593789.221645@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17267.39821.548416.351709@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131771433 14407 80.91.229.2 (12 Nov 2005 04:57:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 04:57:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: miles@gnu.org, Andreas Schwab , snogglethorpe@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 12 05:57:09 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EanRX-0008F4-KT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 05:56:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EanRX-0002Rr-4Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:56:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EanRP-0002Rm-Io for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:56:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EanRO-0002Ra-2o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:56:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EanRN-0002RX-Vm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:56:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EanRM-0001sx-Ji; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:56:36 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p232-tnt1.snap.net.nz [202.124.110.232]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id C508A73104C; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:56:27 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id 57A3983F9; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:56:45 +1300 (NZDT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.15 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:45802 Archived-At: Richard M. Stallman writes: > It seems I was mistaken in thinking that Nick recognized that > debugging multiple programs in one Emacs was a desirable goal. I've not said that it's not desirable, but that its not a trivial task and I think there are more immediate and important goals. Moving over to GDB/MI aligns us with GDB development and will make a much more reliable interface. Since gdb-ui.el uses annotations, it hangs together on a wing and a prayer, and every time GDB developers change CLI output, which they have every right to do as its intended for the user and not the front end, it may break. > I agree that this should be a goal, for after the Emacs 22 release. Moving over to GDB/MI will change the lisp code considerably, so if someone wants to do that twice: once for gdb-ui.el and once for the new code, thats fine. Nick