From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs mode for GDB - 2 questions Date: 31 May 2002 01:16:37 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xvg95grai.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <15604.58207.654159.768423@nick.uklinux.net> <200205301705.g4UH54W13563@aztec.santafe.edu> <15606.38559.603367.869040@nick.uklinux.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1022797070 4236 127.0.0.1 (30 May 2002 22:17:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 22:17:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17DYEw-00016D-00 for ; Fri, 31 May 2002 00:17:50 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17DYXv-0007gY-00 for ; Fri, 31 May 2002 00:37:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17DYFU-00046l-00; Thu, 30 May 2002 18:18:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17DYDD-0003uI-00; Thu, 30 May 2002 18:16:03 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (unknown [10.1.82.3]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 002AB7C017; Thu, 30 May 2002 22:15:53 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: Nick Roberts In-Reply-To: <15606.38559.603367.869040@nick.uklinux.net> Original-Lines: 22 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:4519 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4519 Nick Roberts writes: > > and to be able to specify slices e.g every other element of the first six : > > ---main::a [0:5:2]---- > > a[0] = 1.0 > a[2] = 3.0 > a[4] = 4.0 > > With a large array, if the top line was in the buffer it would scroll out of > view. I would like to be able to enter the three digits (0,5,2 in this case) > into the header line. > > If the effort cannot be justified, I'll think of something else. Couldn't you get the input from the mini-buffer (using some command) and just show the entered values in the header line? -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk