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Several other problems in gdb-mi [RE: bug#3794: Error in json from gdb-ui]

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From: Dmitry Dzhus <dima <at> sphinx.net.ru>
To: Herbert Euler <herberteuler <at> hotmail.com>
Cc: <3794 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>,
        Nick Roberts <nickrob <at> snap.net.nz>
Subject: Re: Several other problems in gdb-mi [RE: bug#3794: Error in json from gdb-ui]
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:46:28 +0400

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Herbert Euler wrote:

>> > I tried M-x gdb to run emacs under gdb.  The command line was
>> >
>> >   gdb -i=mi ~/src/emacs/src/emacs
>> >
>> > and I got the error '(json-object-format ":" 44).  Here is the backtrace:
>>
>> I could reproduce your problem and I wrote a workaround which fixes the
>> bug for me. Could you please try the attached patch for gdb-mi.el?
>
> That patch works for me, too.  Thanks.

It's in the trunk now.

> 2. The command "shell" is broken: In M-x gdb,
>
>      shell ps aux | grep emacs
>
> results in no output; but in a "real" gdb, the output looks like this:
>
>      shell ps aux | grep emacs
>      &"shell ps aux | grep emacs\n"
>      xgp   4886  1.3  0.1 80796 25900 pts/1   T    09:38   0:08 emacs
>      xgp   4936  0.3  0.1 77688 22568 pts/10  T+   09:39   0:02 ./emacs
>      xgp   5209  0.0  0.1 28128 16548 pts/6   Ss+  09:46   0:00 /usr/local/bin/gdb -i=mi emacs
>      xgp   5353  0.4  0.1 28184 16584 pts/1   S+   09:49   0:00 gdb -i=mi emacs
>      xgp   5354  0.0  0.0 52800  976 pts/1    S+   09:49   0:00 bash -c ps aux | grep emacs
>      xgp   5356  0.0  0.0 51124  688 pts/1    S+   09:49   0:00 grep emacs
>      ^done

Output of GDB's shell command goes as is straight to the terminal
without being prefixed by stream identifier (~, @, & etc.) Thus it's
harder to distinguish where this output should go (to GUD buffer, to MI
parser etc.) I managed to produce a small patch which does the trick for
simple shell commands like yours, but don't expect it to work with
`top(1)` for example. I've attached the patch. Let me know if you notice
that it breaks something.

[gdb-shell.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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> 3. Previously, typing directly RET at the M-x gdb prompt repeats the
> last command in history. This is also what a "real" gdb does. But in
> the new implementation, this does nothing now.

I've fixed the code which mimicks RET behaviour for GUD buffer.

[gdb-send-ret.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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> As Nick said, this implementation is still in developing.  Should I
> wait then?

It's GSoC project, see http://emacswiki.org/emacs/GDB-MI/ for some
details. Don't wait, report bugs of Emacs trunk version as soon as you
encounter them, but _please_ file *different* reports for different
bugs.

I first put really bleeding changes to my Mercurial repo, then commit
them to Emacs upstream for further testing. Non-stop debugging support
will hit the trunk by the end of this week.
-- 
Happy Hacking.

http://sphinx.net.ru
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