> How about if we modify "M-x gdb" to invoke gdb-ui if a certain option > is set? Whether this option should be on or off by default, is > another matter, but at least users will be able to control what UI > they get by flipping a single option.
Yes, I suggest the following: - introduce a new custom var with three values (one for --fullname, one for --annotate=3 and one for auto-detect, this last one being the default). - get rid of the `gdba' name. - improve `gdb's autodetection by checking the command provided for "--fullname" or "--annotate=3" (this may fail if the command just runs a script, so we still need the current autodetection). - change default gud-gdb-command-name depending on gud-gdb-annotations. See below a sample patch (very much *not intended for use as is*) that hopefully makes my suggestion more clear. Stefan --- orig/lisp/progmodes/gud.el +++ mod/lisp/progmodes/gud.el @@ -592,7 +592,15 @@ ;; History of argument lists passed to gdb. (defvar gud-gdb-history nil) -(defcustom gud-gdb-command-name "gdb --annotate=3" +(defcustom gud-gdb-annotations nil + "Level of sophistication of interfacing with GDB." + :type '(choice (const :tag "Auto-detect" nil) + (const :tag "Old style" 2) + (const :tag "Modern" 3))) + +(defcustom gud-gdb-command-name + (concat "gdb " + (if (eq gud-gdb-annotations 2) "--fullname" "--annotate=3")) "Default command to execute an executable under the GDB debugger." :type 'string :group 'gud) @@ -728,6 +736,12 @@ session." (interactive (list (gud-query-cmdline 'gdb))) + (if (case gud-gdb-annotations + (2 nil) + (nil (string-match "--annotate=3" command-line)) + (t t)) + (gdba command-line) + (when (and gud-comint-buffer (buffer-name gud-comint-buffer) (get-buffer-process gud-comint-buffer) @@ -770,7 +784,7 @@ (setq paragraph-start comint-prompt-regexp) (setq gdb-first-prompt t) (setq gud-filter-pending-text nil) - (run-hooks 'gdb-mode-hook)) + (run-hooks 'gdb-mode-hook))) ;; One of the nice features of GDB is its impressive support for ;; context-sensitive command completion. We preserve that feature _______________________________________________ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug