From: Nick Roberts Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 22:54:13 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (GDB): Describe use of watch expressions. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.90~6810 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ec79de1002fba0e1d0c12a44816dc8e6b9a75da9;p=emacs.git (GDB): Describe use of watch expressions. --- diff --git a/man/speedbar.texi b/man/speedbar.texi index 55f33696401..469de905a24 100644 --- a/man/speedbar.texi +++ b/man/speedbar.texi @@ -591,9 +591,10 @@ will follow the general rules of their major counterparts in terms of key bindings and visuals, but will have specialized behaviors. @menu -* RMAIL:: Managing folders in speedbar -* Info:: Browsing topics in speedbar -* GDB:: Managing the current stack trace in speedbar +* RMAIL:: Managing folders. +* Info:: Browsing topics. +* GDB:: Watching expressions or managing the current + stack trace. @end menu @node RMAIL, Info, Minor Modes, Minor Modes @@ -639,7 +640,15 @@ a @samp{[+]}, indicating that there are no sub-topics. @cindex gdb @cindex gud -If you are debugging an application with GDB in Emacs, speedbar can show +You can debug an application with GDB in Emacs using graphical mode or +text command mode (@pxref{GDB Graphical Interface,,, emacs, The +extensible self-documenting text editor}). + +If you are using graphical mode you can see how selected variables +change each time your program stops (@pxref{Watch Expressions,,, +emacs, The extensible self-documenting text editor}). + +If you are using text command mode, speedbar can show you the current stack when the current buffer is the @file{*gdb*} buffer. Usually, it will just report that there is no stack, but when the application is stopped, the current stack will be shown.