From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: GDB GUD Variable Buffer Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 18:53:53 +0300 Message-ID: <83zinwc2jy.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87twe8gaqm.fsf@reisefreund.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1472399675 16435 195.159.176.226 (28 Aug 2016 15:54:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 15:54:35 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 28 17:54:32 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1be2Pm-0003ll-8K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2016 17:54:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39781 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1be2Pj-0004EK-Si for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:54:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53206) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1be2PL-0004ED-4u for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:54:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1be2PF-00022j-6S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:54:02 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:51247) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1be2PF-00022U-3J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:53:57 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2189 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1be2PD-0007sR-8P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:53:55 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Augusto Fraga Giachero on Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:18:32 -0300) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:111218 Archived-At: > From: Augusto Fraga Giachero > Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:18:32 -0300 > > I'm using the gdb debugger through the Emacs GUD interface and I've > thought that would be better to have a dedicated buffer just to display > all local and global variables. I known that I can use the "display" > command on the gdb shell, but I think a separated buffer would be way > better. > > Someone has already done it? If not, can someone please point to where > to tinker with the GUD source code? I have a basic understanding of elisp. Did you try the alternative front-end in gdb-mi.el? It can display the local variables of the current stack frame in a separate window (you might need to invoke "M-x gdb-many-windows RET" for it to show).