From: Chong Yidong Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 14:51:09 +0000 (-0400) Subject: * building.texi (GDB Graphical Interface): Remove misleading comparison X-Git-Tag: emacs-23.2~2 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=abb777ac83ade26884b5c5c1c7304fa4f63169fc;p=emacs.git * building.texi (GDB Graphical Interface): Remove misleading comparison to an IDE (Bug#6128). --- diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 3030466f7fe..2b8482cf53b 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-05-07 Chong Yidong + + * building.texi (GDB Graphical Interface): Remove misleading comparison + to an IDE (Bug#6128). + 2010-05-03 Štěpán Němec (tiny change) * programs.texi (Man Page): diff --git a/doc/emacs/building.texi b/doc/emacs/building.texi index 6dbd5abf026..41721a8afd0 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/building.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/building.texi @@ -836,12 +836,11 @@ Fully qualified class name derived from the expression surrounding point @subsection GDB Graphical Interface The command @code{gdb} starts GDB in a graphical interface, using -Emacs windows for display program state information. In effect, this -makes Emacs into an IDE (interactive development environment). With -it, you do not need to use textual GDB commands; you can control the -debugging session with the mouse. For example, you can click in the -fringe of a source buffer to set a breakpoint there, or on a stack -frame in the stack buffer to select that frame. +Emacs windows for display program state information. With it, you do +not need to use textual GDB commands; you can control the debugging +session with the mouse. For example, you can click in the fringe of a +source buffer to set a breakpoint there, or on a stack frame in the +stack buffer to select that frame. This mode requires telling GDB that its ``screen size'' is unlimited, so it sets the height and width accordingly. For correct