@cindex Watching expressions in GDB
@findex gud-watch
+@kindex C-x C-a C-w @r{(GUD)}
If you want to see how a variable changes each time your program
stops, move point into the variable name and click on the watch icon
-in the tool bar (@code{gud-watch}).
+in the tool bar (@code{gud-watch}) or type @kbd{C-x C-a C-w}. If you
+specify a prefix argument, you can enter the variable name in the
+minibuffer.
Each watch expression is displayed in the speedbar. Complex data
types, such as arrays, structures and unions are represented in a tree
format. Leaves and simple data types show the name of the expression
and its value and, when the speedbar frame is selected, display the
type as a tooltip. Higher levels show the name, type and address
-value for pointers and just the name and type otherwise.
+value for pointers and just the name and type otherwise. Root expressions
+also display the frame address as a tooltip to help identify the frame
+in which they were defined.
To expand or contract a complex data type, click @kbd{Mouse-2}
on the tag to the left of the expression.
+@kindex D @r{(GDB speedbar)}
@findex gdb-var-delete
To delete a complex watch expression, move point to the root
expression in the speedbar and type @kbd{D} (@code{gdb-var-delete}).
@vindex gdb-use-colon-colon-notation
If the variable @code{gdb-use-colon-colon-notation} is
non-@code{nil}, Emacs uses the @samp{@var{function}::@var{variable}}
-format to display variables in the speedbar. Since this does not work
-for variables defined in compound statements, the default value is
-@code{nil}.
+format. This allows the user to display watch expressions which share
+the same variable name. The default value is @code{nil}.
@vindex gdb-speedbar-auto-raise
To automatically raise the speedbar every time the display of watch