From 58dfccb32d08688ae4e0688d8d2aed59c0ac09d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Roberts Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:26:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Watch Expressions): Update. --- man/building.texi | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/building.texi b/man/building.texi index ec44b828022..cc5e667f1c3 100644 --- a/man/building.texi +++ b/man/building.texi @@ -929,20 +929,26 @@ the new frame. @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}). @@ -965,9 +971,8 @@ edit its value. @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 -- 2.39.2