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#21777
25.0.50; gud-gdb uses a pager, which is harmful inside emacs
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Reported by: Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 19:21:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 25.0.50
Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #41 received at 21777 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> From: Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>
> Cc: 21777 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:05:54 -0700
>
> >> > - when gud starts up, if it's 'uninitialized', we ask the user if they
> >> > want to override, and whether to do so in the future; if they say yes,
> >> > we update their .emacs.d/init.el. narrow-to-region has this type of
> >> > user querying. We override only if it's 'yes'
> >>
> >> Why not a simpler boolean, off by default? This problem will go away
> >> soon enough, so maybe solutions that are too complicated would be
> >> over-engineering it?
>
> You need a third state to know whether to pester the user or not
Why pester them? Let's rely on them to know what to do, or ask.
> > I think if we have such an option, and it's by default off, we might
> > consider not bothering about gdbinit commands that contradict the
> > effect of that option. The option gives users enough power to decide
> > what they want more.
>
> Right. This was the idea. I'll send a patch at some point. Not today.
There's no rush. Thanks in advance.
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