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From: Barry OReilly <gundaetiapo@gmail.com>
To: eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, ohwoeowho@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Use of dedicated windows in gdb-mi.el
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 16:49:43 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFM41H0SvHjKRj9-4aRN9cxe7tsM++51EQqkqUHvhwYQgf_=JQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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> The dedicated windows are an explicit _feature_ of GDB-MI. GDB-MI
> attempts to provide a faithful emulation of an IDE-like debugging
> environment, where the source is browsed and edited in the source
> window, I/O is in the input-output window, registers and breakpoints
> in their specialized windows, etc. What you describe above is the
> consequence of that feature.

gdb-mi is buggy and the usability is poor. Anecdotally, the most
common Emacs FAQ I encounter is about gdb and the user is always
satisfied once pointed to gud-gdb. The "gdb" command ought to invoke
what "gud-gdb" does today.

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             reply	other threads:[~2015-02-10  0:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-10  0:49 Barry OReilly [this message]
2015-02-10 16:05 ` Use of dedicated windows in gdb-mi.el Eli Zaretskii
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-02-24 17:56 Glenn Brown
2015-02-24 18:02 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-24 18:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-24 22:23   ` Paul Eggert
2015-02-25  3:46     ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-25  3:57     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-25  6:09       ` Glenn Brown
2015-02-06 18:02 Oleh Krehel
2015-02-06 19:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-06 19:14   ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-06 21:33     ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09  9:19       ` Thibaut Verron
2015-02-09 14:29         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-09 14:50           ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-09 15:51           ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09 18:42           ` martin rudalics
2015-02-09 15:44         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09 15:57           ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-09 17:05             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09 17:22               ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-09 17:56                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09 18:11                   ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-09 18:26                     ` Drew Adams
2015-02-09 18:39                       ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-09 18:56                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09 19:48                           ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-09 20:00                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09 19:44                         ` Drew Adams
2015-02-09 19:50                           ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-09 20:01                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09 20:09                               ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-09 20:27                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09 20:33                                   ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-09 20:44                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09 20:46                                       ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-10 15:42                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-10  2:20                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-10  3:48                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-10  6:39                                 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-10 15:54                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09 18:52                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09 18:53                       ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-09 18:58                       ` Oleh Krehel
2015-02-09 19:20                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09 19:47                           ` Oleh Krehel
     [not found]                   ` <<8761bb9cq8.fsf@gmail.com>
     [not found]                     ` <<83zj8m9atc.fsf@gnu.org>
2015-02-09 20:42                       ` Drew Adams
     [not found] <<87h9uynckc.fsf@gmail.com>

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