GNU bug report logs - #11365
24.1.50; quitting gdb does not restore window configuration

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: sds <at> gnu.org

Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:42:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 24.1.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 11365 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, sds <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#11365: 24.1.50; quitting gdb does not restore window configuration
Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 11:40:03 +0200

> The function to look at is gdb-reset.
> (gdb-delete-frame-or-window is just what causes GDB to quit, but when
> it actually does, the comint process sentinel kicks in and calls
> gdb-reset.)  But for gdb-reset to do what Sam wants, gdb-setup-windows
> should record the configuration of windows before it sets up the GDB
> windows, otherwise we will have no information about the previous
> window configuration.

I fail to understand you.  The window configuration *is* handled by
`gdb-delete-frame-or-window'.  What should `gdb-reset' do about it and
when?  IIUC Sam wants `gdb-delete-frame-or-window' restore a previous
configuration.

martin
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