GNU bug report logs - #21777
25.0.50; gud-gdb uses a pager, which is harmful inside emacs

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 21777 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, dima <at> secretsauce.net
Subject: Re: bug#21777: 25.0.50; gud-gdb uses a pager, which is harmful
 inside emacs
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 19:09:02 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: dima <at> secretsauce.net,  21777 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  schwab <at> linux-m68k.org
> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 17:51:20 +0200
> 
> (gdb) show height
> Number of lines gdb thinks are in a page is unlimited.
> (gdb) show environment INSIDE_EMACS
> INSIDE_EMACS = 28.0.50,comint
> 
> It is indeed unlimited...  but if I change the size of the frame:
> 
> (gdb) show height
> Number of lines gdb thinks are in a page is 35.
> 
> So Emacs is somehow telling gdb to set the height when the frame size
> changes.  I tried grepping for that yesterday, but I was unable to see
> what triggers that.

That's a different problem, then.  I think it is related to
window-adjust-process-window-size-function and
set-process-window-size, introduced in Emacs 25.  I guess gud-gdb
should disable that feature.

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