> From: Nick Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:21:55 +1200 > Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org > > > IMO, it's not nice to change the package semantic in such radical ways > > behind users' backs. I know a few people who like the current "M-x gdb" > > and will not be pleased to see the GUI version instead. > > It's not nice trying to get Emacs to work out which option has been selected > as > well as which version of GDB is running.
??? Emacs is a program; how can one be ``nice'' or ``not nice'' to a program? Are you saying it is hard to check the value of a single variable and invoke one of two functions depending on that? What am I missing here? > At it's basic level, the GUI version > works just like the old version except that breakpoints are marked with a > bulet > in the fringe. What happens if there's no fringe? What happens in a no-window (-nw) session? Also, what if in the future we decide that gdb-ui opens its additional windows by default (a reasonable decision for a GUI-oriented debugging interface)? > Johan Walles is the just about the only user to make > a bug report on it since the release. If users choose not to report problems, > then it makes it hard to accomodate their view. I didn't say I objected to invoking gdb-ui by default. > > 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. > > Most users will just use the default until it causes problems, so I don't see > that there's much difference. It makes difference to those who would like the old interface: they will need to flip a single variable, and still use the same command. _______________________________________________ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug