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

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Package: emacs;

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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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: bug#21777: 25.0.50; gud-gdb uses a pager, which is harmful inside emacs
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:16:54 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: dima <at> secretsauce.net,  21777 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  schwab <at> linux-m68k.org
> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:53:53 +0200
> 
> Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:
> 
> >> I'm not sure I agree: how is an unlimited setting different from any
> >> other setting?
> >
> > It is special, as it never matches any real terminal size.
> 
> Indeed.  If gdb has disabled the pager, then Emacs telling gdb about the
> changed size shouldn't enable the pager.

Such a change is already being considered for inclusion in GDB, see

  https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2020-September/172031.html
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