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@c !!set GDB manual's edition---not the same as GDB version!
-@set EDITION 4.10
+@set EDITION 4.11
@c !!set GDB manual's revision date
@set DATE November 1993
Support for Modula-2 and Chill is partial. For information on Modula-2,
see @ref{Modula-2,,Modula-2}. There is no further documentation on Chill yet.
-Debugging pascal programs which use sets, subranges, file variables, or nested
+Debugging Pascal programs which use sets, subranges, file variables, or nested
functions does not currently work. @value{GDBN} does not support
-entering expressions, printing values, etc. using Pascal syntax.
+entering expressions, printing values, or similar features using Pascal syntax.
@end ifset
@ifset FORTRAN
@cindex Fortran
@value{GDBN} can be used to debug programs written in Fortran, although
-it does not yet support entering expressions, printing values, etc.
-using Fortran syntax. It may be necessary to refer to some variables
-with a trailing underscore.
+it does not yet support entering expressions, printing values, or
+similar features using Fortran syntax. It may be necessary to refer to
+some variables with a trailing underscore.
@end ifset
@end ifclear
@item Targets
Using the new command @code{target}, you can select at runtime whether
you are debugging local files, local processes, standalone systems over
-a serial port, realtime systems over a TCP/IP connection, etc. The
+a serial port, or realtime systems over a TCP/IP connection. The
command @code{load} can download programs into a remote system. Serial
stubs are available for Motorola 680x0, Intel 80386, and Sparc remote
systems; GDB also supports debugging realtime processes running under
* i960-Nindy Remote:: @value{GDBN} with a remote i960 (Nindy)
@end ifset
@ifset AMD29K
-* UDI29K Remote:: @value{GDBN} and the UDI protocol for AMD29K
-* EB29K Remote:: @value{GDBN} with a remote EB29K
+* UDI29K Remote:: The UDI protocol for AMD29K
+* EB29K Remote:: The EBMON protocol for AMD29K
@end ifset
@ifset VXWORKS
* VxWorks Remote:: @value{GDBN} and VxWorks
Set breakpoints on all functions matching the regular expression
@var{regex}. This command
sets an unconditional breakpoint on all matches, printing a list of all
-breakpoints it set. Once these breakpoints are set, they are treated
-just like the breakpoints set with the @code{break} command. They can
-be deleted, disabled, made conditional, etc., in the standard ways.
+breakpoints it set. Once these breakpoints are set, they are treated
+just like the breakpoints set with the @code{break} command. You can
+delete them, disable them, or make them conditional the same way as any
+other breakpoint.
@ifclear CONLY
When debugging C++ programs, @code{rbreak} is useful for setting
arguments, and the source file and line number of execution in that
frame. The second line shows the text of that source line.
+@need 1000
For example:
+
@smallexample
@group
(@value{GDBP}) up
directory.
Whenever you reset or rearrange the source path, @value{GDBN} will clear out
-any information it has cached about where source files are found, where
-each line is in the file, etc.
+any information it has cached about where source files are found and where
+each line is in the file.
@kindex directory
When you start @value{GDBN}, its source path is empty.
@kindex target udi
Remote AMD29K target, using the AMD UDI protocol. The @var{keyword}
argument specifies which 29K board or simulator to use. @xref{UDI29K
-Remote,,@value{GDBN} and the UDI protocol for AMD29K}.
+Remote,,The UDI protocol for AMD29K}.
@item target amd-eb @var{dev} @var{speed} @var{PROG}
@kindex target amd-eb
@var{dev} is the serial device, as for @code{target remote};
@var{speed} allows you to specify the linespeed; and @var{PROG} is the
name of the program to be debugged, as it appears to DOS on the PC.
-@xref{EB29K Remote, ,@value{GDBN} with a remote EB29K}.
+@xref{EB29K Remote, ,The EBMON protocol for AMD29K}.
@end ifset
@ifset H8
* i960-Nindy Remote:: @value{GDBN} with a remote i960 (Nindy)
@end ifset
@ifset AMD29K
-* UDI29K Remote:: @value{GDBN} and the UDI protocol for AMD29K
-* EB29K Remote:: @value{GDBN} with a remote EB29K
+* UDI29K Remote:: The UDI protocol for AMD29K
+* EB29K Remote:: The EBMON protocol for AMD29K
@end ifset
@ifset VXWORKS
* VxWorks Remote:: @value{GDBN} and VxWorks
Of course, if you can find a simpler example to report @emph{instead}
of the original one, that is a convenience for us. Errors in the
output will be easier to spot, running under the debugger will take
-less time, etc.
+less time, and so on.
However, simplification is not vital; if you do not want to do this,
report the bug anyway and send us the entire test case you used.
Configure the source to install programs and files under directory
@file{@var{dir}}.
+@c avoid splitting the warning from the explanation:
+@need 2000
@item --srcdir=@var{path}
@strong{Warning: using this option requires GNU @code{make}, or another
@code{make} that implements the @code{VPATH} feature.}@*
might represent divide by zero, misaligned access, etc). When this
exception occurs, control should be transferred directly to
@var{exception_address}, and the processor state (stack, registers,
-etc.) should be just as it is when a processor exception occurs. So if
+and so on) should be just as it is when a processor exception occurs. So if
you want to use a jump instruction to reach @var{exception_address}, it
should be a simple jump, not a jump to subroutine.
goes back to waiting.
@node Protocol
-@subsubsection Outline of the communication protocol
+@subsubsection Communication protocol
@cindex debugging stub, example
@cindex remote stub, example
@item M@var{addr},@var{count}:@dots{}
Write @var{count} bytes at location @var{addr}.
+@need 500
@item c
@itemx c@var{addr}
Resume execution at the current address (or at @var{addr} if supplied).
+@need 500
@item s
@itemx s@var{addr}
Step the target program for one instruction, from either the current
@ifset AMD29K
@node UDI29K Remote
-@subsection @value{GDBN} and the UDI protocol for AMD29K
+@subsection The UDI protocol for AMD29K
@cindex UDI
@cindex AMD29K via UDI
@end table
@node EB29K Remote
-@subsection @value{GDBN} and the EBMON protocol for AMD29K
+@subsection The EBMON protocol for AMD29K
@cindex EB29K board
@cindex running 29K programs
@value{GDBP} myfoo
@end example
+@need 500
Now you can use the @code{target} command:
@example
(vxgdb) target vxworks tt
@end example
+@need 750
@value{GDBN} displays messages like these:
@smallexample
Connected to tt.
@end smallexample
+@need 1000
@value{GDBN} then attempts to read the symbol tables of any object modules
loaded into the VxWorks target since it was last booted. @value{GDBN} locates
these files by searching the directories listed in the command search
MIPS board attached to a serial line. This is available when
you configure @value{GDBN} with @samp{--target=mips-idt-ecoff}.
-@noindent
+@need 1000
Use these @value{GDBN} commands to specify the connection to your target board:
@table @code
@node Readline Movement Commands
@subsection Readline Movement Commands
-
The above table describes the most basic possible keystrokes that you need
in order to do editing of the input line. For your convenience, many
other commands have been added in addition to @key{C-b}, @key{C-f},
* Miscellaneous Commands:: Other miscillaneous commands.
@end menu
+@need 2000
@node Commands For Moving
@subsubsection Commands For Moving
+
@ftable @code
@item beginning-of-line (@key{C-a})
Move to the start of the current line.
@end ftable
+@need 2000
@node Commands For History
@subsubsection Commands For Manipulating The History
@item forward-search-history (@key{C-s})
Search forward starting at the current line and moving `down' through
-the the history as neccessary.
+the the history as necessary.
@end ftable
+@need 2000
@node Commands For Text
@subsubsection Commands For Changing Text
@end ftable
+@need 2000
@node Commands For Killing
@subsubsection Killing And Yanking
@ftable @code
-
@item kill-line (@key{C-k})
Kill the text from the current cursor position to the end of the line.
the prior command is yank or yank-pop.
@end ftable
+@need 2000
@node Numeric Arguments
@subsubsection Specifying Numeric Arguments
+
@ftable @code
@item digit-argument (@key{M-0}, @key{M-1}, ... @key{M--})
@end ftable
+@need 2000
@node Commands For Completion
@subsubsection Letting Readline Type For You
List the possible completions of the text before point.
@end ftable
+@need 2000
@node Miscellaneous Commands
@subsubsection Some Miscellaneous Commands
+
@ftable @code
@item re-read-init-file (@key{C-x} @key{C-r})
command enough times to get back to the beginning.
@end ftable
+@need 2000
@node Readline Vi Mode
@subsection Readline Vi Mode
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