From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alain Schneble Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Debugging GNU Emacs on MS Windows / getting control back to gdb Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 18:09:57 +0200 Message-ID: <86pop2je7e.fsf@realize.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1471795874 17605 195.159.176.226 (21 Aug 2016 16:11:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:11:14 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 21 18:11:04 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1bbVKv-0003UO-HJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2016 18:11:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37476 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbVKm-0002rF-OX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2016 12:10:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44750) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbVKg-0002r9-Mi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2016 12:10:47 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbVKa-0000RK-NM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2016 12:10:45 -0400 Original-Received: from clientmail.realize.ch ([46.140.89.53]:2302) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbVKa-0000R9-78 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2016 12:10:40 -0400 Original-Received: from rintintin.hq.realize.ch.lan.rit ([192.168.0.105]) by clientmail.realize.ch ; Sun, 21 Aug 2016 18:10:33 +0200 Original-Received: from MYNGB (192.168.66.64) by rintintin.hq.realize.ch.lan.rit (192.168.0.105) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.516.32; Sun, 21 Aug 2016 18:09:54 +0200 X-ClientProxiedBy: rintintin.hq.realize.ch.lan.rit (192.168.0.105) To rintintin.hq.realize.ch.lan.rit (192.168.0.105) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Windows NT kernel [generic] X-Received-From: 46.140.89.53 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:206722 Archived-At: Hello When debugging GNU Emacs using gdb or gud-gdb on MS Windows, is there a way to return control back to GDB at any point in time by suspending the debuggee process -- without setting any breakpoint upfront? There is a section "Getting control to the debugger" in ./etc/DEBUG, but I can't figure out how to do this on MS Windows. I suspect it must be possible somehow... Thanks for any help! Alain