From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: gdb --args does not work in emacs/src ... Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:21:38 -0800 Message-ID: <200802111521.m1BFLcuE015301@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <200802110632.m1B6WGrG017818@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <18351.65436.105859.262490@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202743549 6859 80.91.229.12 (11 Feb 2008 15:25:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:25:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Nick Roberts Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 11 16:26:03 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JOaXS-0007ds-H8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:25:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOaWz-0001AV-4Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:25:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOaWt-00017y-Q0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:25:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOaWr-00015r-8C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:25:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOaWr-00015i-4T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:25:09 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JOaWq-0003X5-L6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:25:08 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1203348099.72153@Ki5mjM96IT0rtqX5Q8cgUA Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m1BFLcuE015301; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:21:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <18351.65436.105859.262490@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:56:12 +1300") Original-Lines: 17 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:88759 Archived-At: Nick Roberts writes: > > ... because .gdbinit overwrites args: > > > > set args -geometry 80x40+0+0 > > > > this is annoying when one wants to start the debugger with specific > > arguments on the command line. > > I guess it guarantees that everyone is debugging Emacs under more similar > conditions. You can always comment that line out in your version. Sure I've been doing that for a long time, but it would be even better if I didn't have to do it. Is it possible to append to args? Or maybe only set it if it's not already set?