GNU bug report logs - #24125
25.1.50; Docstring of gud-gdb

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>

Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 17:32:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 24125-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
Cc: 24125-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24125: 25.1.50; Docstring of gud-gdb
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 23:04:54 +0300

> From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
> Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 19:31:06 +0200
> 
> The docstring of gud-gdb says:
> 
> (gud-gdb COMMAND-LINE)
> 
> Run gdb on program FILE in buffer *gud-FILE*.
> The directory containing FILE becomes the initial working
> directory and source-file directory for your debugger.
> 
> /end quote
> 
> There is no FILE in the argument list of the function, so this is
> confusing, moreover when gdb can be invoked without a program name (when
> attaching to a running process, for example.) It is not clear from the
> docstring if this case is supported.

Thanks fixed on the emacs-25 branch.
This bug report was last modified 8 years and 297 days ago.

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