Re: Using gdb (windows popping up)

[jonetsu <jonetsu@teksavvy.com>]

On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 16:15:17 -0400
Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> wrote:

> The thing containing the windows. See also (info "(emacs) Frames").
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Frames.html

I see.  Although, without have read everything, and I'm certain there
are a lot of possibilities. it resumes itself for all practical
purposes much like another emacs instance, apart from sharing the same
underlying buffers.

In this case here, that M-x gdb shows the source code (gdb-main-window
non-nil) in another frame when the code starts running, while keeping
gdb interactive in the original frame, is the same as another instance.
Lost is the capability of seeing side-by-side gdb interactive and
source.  Of course the new frame can be tailored to show both, but
what's the point in doing that every time gdb starts running code ?

This is why I prefer so far the fix that fixes this automatic frame
generation mentioned earlier.   It enables free placement of buffers,
just like in regular single-frame emacs operation, while running gdb.