From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: gdb-ui can't handle mutiple debugging sessions Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:44:36 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040912234436.GE17868@fencepost> References: <001001c49915$c144efe0$479460cb@h> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1095032711 11028 80.91.229.6 (12 Sep 2004 23:45:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 23:45:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nick Roberts , Stefan , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 13 01:44:57 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C6e1h-0004fd-00 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 01:44:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C6e7C-00048B-5L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:50:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C6e76-000486-Mr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:50:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C6e76-00047t-9K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:50:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C6e76-00047q-7L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:50:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C6e1N-0007al-1T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:44:37 -0400 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1C6e1M-0007wz-H6; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:44:36 -0400 Original-To: Andreas Schwab Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:27062 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:27062 On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 01:32:57AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote: > >> I have always found the best way to run two debugging sessions at the > >> same time is to run two versions of Emacs. Whats the problem with this > >> approach? > > I do all my work in a single Emacs session. Having to start a new > instance would mean not being able to share buffers and various history > lists, for example. Yes. Requiring multiple emacs sessions is as best a poor workaround for grotty code; sometimes it's a necessary for whatever reason, but it's almost never desirable. -Miles -- "I distrust a research person who is always obviously busy on a task." --Robert Frosch, VP, GM Research