From: Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com>
To: "Štěpán Němec" <stepnem@gmail.com>
Cc: 39181@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39181: 27.0.50; [PATCH] Allow users to store & restore gdb-mi layout
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:14:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3070D489-A42E-4F72-904D-1179AD59638C@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wo7d5qfz.fsf@gmail.com>
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> On Mar 21, 2020, at 5:49 PM, Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:03:11 -0400
> Yuan Fu wrote:
>
>> I changed to user-emacs-directory. I hope I get the xref right :-)
>
> Well, you could have just tested it, like I did, and... turns out you
> didn't. :-D
>
>> +@code{gdb-window-configuration-directory} defaults to
>> +@code{user-emacs-directory} (@pxref{How Emacs Finds Your Init File,,,
>> +custom.texi, Customization}).
>
> It's actually the same manual, albeit compiled from multiple files, so,
> just @pxref{Find Init} appears to work.
Didn’t thought of that, sorry. I’ll remember to test it next time. Here’s the new patch.
Thanks.
Yuan
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From 0ad6b9579383e36334084f59ffcf389611f9ca19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 21:02:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for previous commit by Yuan Fu
* etc/NEWS: Add news entry.
* doc/emacs/building.texi (GDB User Interface Layout): Add
documentation for 'gdb-save-window-configuration',
'gdb-load-window-configuration',
'gdb-default-window-configuration-file',
'gdb-window-configuration-directory',
'gdb-restore-window-configuration-after-quit'. Change 'many-windows
layout' to 'default layout'
---
doc/emacs/building.texi | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
etc/NEWS | 16 ++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/building.texi b/doc/emacs/building.texi
index 38963f225c..fc69cdcc8f 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/building.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/building.texi
@@ -975,9 +975,28 @@ GDB User Interface Layout
@end group
@end smallexample
+@findex gdb-save-window-configuration
+@findex gdb-load-window-configuration
+@vindex gdb-default-window-configuration-file
+@vindex gdb-window-configuration-directory
+ You can customize the window layout based on the one above, and save
+the custom layout to a file using
+@code{gdb-save-window-configuration}. Then you can later load this
+layout back using @code{gdb-load-window-configuration}. (Simply put,
+window configuration is the Emacs jargon for window layout.) You can
+set your custom layout file as the default one used by
+@code{gdb-many-windows} by customizing
+@code{gdb-default-window-configuration-file}. If it is not an
+absolute path, GDB looks under
+@code{gdb-window-configuration-directory} for the file.
+@code{gdb-window-configuration-directory} defaults to
+@code{user-emacs-directory} (@pxref{Find Init}).
+
+
@findex gdb-restore-windows
@findex gdb-many-windows
- If you ever change the window layout, you can restore the many-windows
+@vindex gdb-restore-window-configuration-after-quit
+ If you ever change the window layout, you can restore the default
layout by typing @kbd{M-x gdb-restore-windows}. To toggle
between the many windows layout and a simple layout with just the GUD
interaction buffer and a source file, type @kbd{M-x gdb-many-windows}.
@@ -988,7 +1007,13 @@ GDB User Interface Layout
of windows on your original frame will not be affected. A separate
frame for GDB sessions can come in especially handy if you work on a
text-mode terminal, where the screen estate for windows could be at a
-premium.
+premium. If you choose to start GDB in the same frame, consider
+setting @code{gdb-restore-window-configuration-after-quit} to a
+non-@code{nil} value. Your original layout will then be restored
+after GDB quits. Use @code{t} to always restore; use
+@code{if-gdb-many-windows} to restore only when
+@code{gdb-many-windows} is non-@code{nil}; use @code{if-gdb-show-main}
+to restore only when @code{gdb-show-main} is non-@code{nil}.
You may also specify additional GDB-related buffers to display,
either in the same frame or a different one. Select the buffers you
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 87e634f2c1..f61bff6a4f 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -174,6 +174,22 @@ key binding
/ v package-menu-filter-by-version
/ / package-menu-filter-clear
+** gdb-mi
+
+*** gdb-mi can now store and restore window configurations.
+Use 'gdb-save-window-configuration' to save window configuration to a
+file, and 'gdb-load-window-configuration' to load from a file. These
+commands can also be accessed through menu bar under Gud --
+GDB-Windows. 'gdb-default-window-configuration-file', when non-nil,
+is loaded when GDB starts up.
+
+*** gdb-mi can now restore window configuration after quit.
+Set 'gdb-restore-window-configuration-after-quit' to non-nil and Emacs
+will remember the window configuration before GDB started, and restore
+it after GDB quits. Toggle button is also provided under Gud --
+GDB-Windows.
+
+
\f
* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 28.1
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2020-01-18 20:57 ` bug#39181: 27.0.50; [PATCH] Allow users to store & restore gdb-mi layout Yuan Fu
2020-01-31 10:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-02-02 14:22 ` Yuan Fu
2020-02-07 22:28 ` Yuan Fu
2020-02-10 4:56 ` Yuan Fu
2020-02-15 8:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-02-15 9:55 ` martin rudalics
2020-02-15 10:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-02-15 20:37 ` Yuan Fu
2020-02-16 10:00 ` martin rudalics
2020-03-03 23:41 ` Yuan Fu
2020-03-04 13:28 ` Fu Yuan
2020-03-05 6:12 ` Yuan Fu
2020-03-05 9:14 ` martin rudalics
2020-03-07 18:09 ` Yuan Fu
2020-03-07 19:07 ` Štěpán Němec
2020-03-07 19:17 ` Yuan Fu
2020-03-09 9:01 ` martin rudalics
2020-03-09 17:59 ` Yuan Fu
2020-03-09 19:18 ` Štěpán Němec
2020-03-09 20:17 ` Yuan Fu
2020-03-09 20:54 ` Štěpán Němec
2020-03-10 8:49 ` martin rudalics
2020-03-10 18:05 ` Fu Yuan
2020-03-11 8:52 ` martin rudalics
2020-03-11 9:26 ` Štěpán Němec
2020-03-12 8:22 ` martin rudalics
2020-03-12 8:49 ` Štěpán Němec
2020-03-12 19:21 ` Yuan Fu
2020-03-13 20:09 ` Yuan Fu
[not found] ` <87lfo4netg.fsf@gmail.com>
2020-03-13 21:13 ` Štěpán Němec
2020-03-13 21:40 ` Yuan Fu
2020-03-13 22:12 ` Štěpán Němec
2020-03-15 15:55 ` martin rudalics
2020-03-16 0:13 ` Yuan Fu
2020-03-16 9:24 ` martin rudalics
2020-03-20 20:03 ` Yuan Fu
2020-03-20 20:58 ` Štěpán Němec
2020-03-21 18:00 ` Yuan Fu
2020-03-21 18:39 ` Štěpán Němec
2020-03-21 21:03 ` Yuan Fu
2020-03-21 21:49 ` Štěpán Němec
2020-03-24 16:14 ` Yuan Fu [this message]
2020-03-27 9:01 ` martin rudalics
2020-03-27 16:28 ` Yuan Fu
2020-04-14 8:05 ` martin rudalics
2020-03-10 8:48 ` martin rudalics
2020-04-14 1:17 ` bug#39181: Fwd: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) Yuan Fu
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