From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: gdba probs Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 16:25:57 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <15855.47556.171128.631234@nick.uklinux.net> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039299418 24861 80.91.224.249 (7 Dec 2002 22:16:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 22:16:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: miles@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18KnFo-0006Sr-00 for ; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 23:16:56 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18KnP7-0007pO-00 for ; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 23:26:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18KnDW-0000Ch-00 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 17:14:34 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18KnDD-0000Ab-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 17:14:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18KmSU-000628-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 16:26:01 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18KmST-00061Y-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 16:25:57 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 18KmST-0005cp-00; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 16:25:57 -0500 Original-To: nick@nick.uklinux.net In-reply-to: <15855.47556.171128.631234@nick.uklinux.net> (message from Nick Roberts on Thu, 5 Dec 2002 20:40:36 +0000) Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9966 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9966 The totalview debugger starts with 6 windows. But, hey!, lets be open minded about this. How do you know you don't want them before you know what they do ? Is there a way to make it more self-evident what these windows do? What measures are taken in the code as it is now to show the user what these windows do and how to use them? I'm using replace-regexp which I know I shouldn't. The elisp manual does say this but doesn't offer an alternative. If you know enough Lisp to write what you have written, you shouldn't have any trouble writing the Lisp code for that little job.