changeset 75095:498060b73afc

(Watch Expressions): Describe gdb-max-children.
author Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
date Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:04:59 +0000
parents 2fe956115500
children ca95b6ba52a9
files man/building.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/building.texi	Fri Jan 05 05:04:16 2007 +0000
+++ b/man/building.texi	Fri Jan 05 05:04:59 2007 +0000
@@ -1099,8 +1099,11 @@
 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}
-or press @key{SPC} on the tag to the left of the expression.
+  To expand or contract a complex data type, click @kbd{Mouse-2} or
+press @key{SPC} on the tag to the left of the expression.  Emacs asks
+for confirmation before expanding the expression if its number of
+immediate children exceeds the value of the variable
+@code{gdb-max-children}.
 
 @kindex D @r{(GDB speedbar)}
 @findex gdb-var-delete