Mercurial > emacs
changeset 65848:5bc62ce4d2f7
(GDB): Describe use of watch expressions.
| author | Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> |
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| date | Tue, 04 Oct 2005 22:54:13 +0000 |
| parents | 7d3324faf66c |
| children | e7b6d13be107 |
| files | man/speedbar.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/speedbar.texi Tue Oct 04 22:52:16 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/speedbar.texi Tue Oct 04 22:54:13 2005 +0000 @@ -591,9 +591,10 @@ key bindings and visuals, but will have specialized behaviors. @menu -* RMAIL:: Managing folders in speedbar -* Info:: Browsing topics in speedbar -* GDB:: Managing the current stack trace in speedbar +* RMAIL:: Managing folders. +* Info:: Browsing topics. +* GDB:: Watching expressions or managing the current + stack trace. @end menu @node RMAIL, Info, Minor Modes, Minor Modes @@ -639,7 +640,15 @@ @cindex gdb @cindex gud -If you are debugging an application with GDB in Emacs, speedbar can show +You can debug an application with GDB in Emacs using graphical mode or +text command mode (@pxref{GDB Graphical Interface,,, emacs, The +extensible self-documenting text editor}). + +If you are using graphical mode you can see how selected variables +change each time your program stops (@pxref{Watch Expressions,,, +emacs, The extensible self-documenting text editor}). + +If you are using text command mode, speedbar can show you the current stack when the current buffer is the @file{*gdb*} buffer. Usually, it will just report that there is no stack, but when the application is stopped, the current stack will be shown.