# HG changeset patch
# User Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
# Date 1097047144 0
# Node ID e256f5578609411473f0fcb568b5fad410f7730e
# Parent  32a9d7f91e8efc5bee02997c4da38ae1e2376972
(Starting GUD): Note that multiple debugging
sessions requires `gdb --fullname'.

diff -r 32a9d7f91e8e -r e256f5578609 man/building.texi
--- a/man/building.texi	Wed Oct 06 06:04:41 2004 +0000
+++ b/man/building.texi	Wed Oct 06 07:19:04 2004 +0000
@@ -336,11 +336,13 @@
 @findex gdb
 Run GDB as a subprocess of Emacs.  If the variable
 @code{gud-gdb-command-name} is ``gdb --annotate=3'' (the default
-value) then GDB starts as for @kbd{M-x gdba} below.  If you want to
-GDB to start as in Emacs 21.3 and earlier then set
-@code{gud-gdb-command-name} to ``gdb --fullname''.  In this case, the
-command creates a buffer for input and output to GDB, and switches to
-it.  If a GDB buffer already exists, it just switches to that buffer.
+value) then GDB starts as for @kbd{M-x gdba} below.  If you want GDB
+to start as in Emacs 21.3 and earlier then edit the string in the
+minibuffer or set @code{gud-gdb-command-name} to ``gdb --fullname''.
+You need to do this if you want to run multiple debugging sessions
+within one Emacs session.  In this case, the command creates a buffer
+for input and output to GDB, and switches to it.  If a GDB buffer
+already exists, it just switches to that buffer.
 
 @item M-x gdba @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET}
 Run GDB as a subprocess of Emacs, providing a graphical interface