1 Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
3 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
4 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
6 Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
8 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
10 Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
12 * all-cfg.texi: New flag, GDBSERVE, for NetWare's gdbserve.nlm.
13 * remote.texi (NetWare): New node, how to use gdbserve.nlm on
14 NetWare targets. Mostly stolen from the Server node.
16 Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
18 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
19 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
22 Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
24 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
27 Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
29 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
31 Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
33 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
36 Fri Jan 6 17:17:28 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
38 * gdbgui.texinfo: New file, manual for GUI (gdbtk) users.
39 * Makefile.in (gdbgui.dvi, gdbgui.info): New actions.
42 Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
44 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
45 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
47 Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
49 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
50 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
52 Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
54 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
56 Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
58 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
59 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
61 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
63 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
64 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
65 macros and remove some.
67 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
69 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
70 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
72 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
74 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
75 is the correct gdb command.
77 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
79 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
80 suggested but not yet implemented.
82 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
84 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
85 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
87 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
89 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
90 of stabs-in-coff sections.
92 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
94 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
96 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
97 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
99 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
100 when waiting for your program to stop.
102 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
104 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
105 fields and record annotation.
107 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
109 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
111 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
113 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
114 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
116 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
118 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
119 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
120 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
121 an object file format.
123 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
125 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
127 (Arguments): Fix typo.
129 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
131 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
132 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
134 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
136 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
137 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
138 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
140 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
142 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
143 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
144 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
146 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
149 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
151 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
153 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
154 references to ieee-float.c.
156 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
158 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
159 match what the code actually does.
161 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
163 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
165 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
167 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
170 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
172 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
173 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
174 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
175 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
177 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
179 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
182 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
184 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
185 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
186 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
187 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
189 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
191 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
192 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
194 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
196 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
199 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
201 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
202 arbitrary frame specficiations.
204 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
206 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
208 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
210 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
212 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
214 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
216 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
218 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
219 Differences node to Statics node.
220 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
222 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
225 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
227 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
228 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
231 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
233 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
235 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
236 ELF and SOM Transformations.
238 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
240 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
242 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
244 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
246 (Structures): Document static members.
248 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
250 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
252 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
254 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
256 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
258 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
260 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
262 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
264 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
265 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
266 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
267 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
269 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
270 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
271 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
272 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
274 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
276 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
278 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
280 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
281 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
283 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
285 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
286 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
287 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
288 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
291 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
292 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
294 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
295 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
296 languages is described in detail.
298 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
300 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
303 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
305 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
307 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
308 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
310 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
312 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
313 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
314 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
316 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
318 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
319 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
321 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
323 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
325 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
327 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
328 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
330 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
332 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
334 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
335 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
336 per a suggestion from kingdon.
338 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
341 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
343 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
344 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
346 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
348 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
350 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
352 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
353 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
355 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
357 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
359 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
361 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
363 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
365 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
366 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
367 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
369 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
370 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
372 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
374 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
375 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
376 signal command and the shell kill utility.
378 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
380 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
382 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
384 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
386 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
388 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
390 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
392 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
393 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
395 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
397 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
398 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
399 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
401 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
403 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
405 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
407 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
409 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
411 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
412 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
414 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
416 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
418 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
420 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
422 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
424 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
426 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
427 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
429 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
431 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
433 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
435 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
438 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
440 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
442 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
444 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
446 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
448 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
449 non-trivial words in section names.
451 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
453 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
455 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
457 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
459 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
460 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
461 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
462 Use @deffn to define stab types.
463 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
464 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
465 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
467 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
469 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
471 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
473 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
474 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
476 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
477 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
479 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
481 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
483 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
485 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
487 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
488 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
490 (Global Variables): Clean up.
492 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
494 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
496 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
498 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
499 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
500 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
501 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
503 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
505 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
507 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
509 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
510 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
512 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
514 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
516 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
517 paragraph which follows.
519 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
520 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
522 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
524 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
526 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
528 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
531 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
533 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
534 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
536 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
538 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
540 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
542 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
543 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
545 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
547 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
549 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
551 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
552 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
554 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
556 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
558 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
560 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
562 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
564 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
566 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
568 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
569 to select Modula-2 material.
571 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
573 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
575 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
576 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
578 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
580 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
582 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
584 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
586 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
588 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
589 removed from the code by Kingdon.
591 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
593 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
594 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
596 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
597 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
599 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
601 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
602 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
604 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
606 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
608 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
610 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
612 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
614 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
615 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
616 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
617 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
618 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
620 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
621 in easily replaced spot
623 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
625 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
627 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
629 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
631 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
633 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
635 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
636 politely rather than rudely.
638 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
640 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
642 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
644 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
646 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
648 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
650 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
652 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
654 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
656 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
657 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
658 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
659 minor formatting improvements.
661 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
662 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
665 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
667 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
669 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
671 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
672 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
673 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
675 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
676 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
678 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
680 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
682 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
684 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
686 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
688 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
689 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
690 command and suggest other solutions.
692 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
694 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
695 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
697 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
699 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
701 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
702 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
704 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
706 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
708 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
710 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
713 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
714 the trailing semicolon.
716 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
718 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
719 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
720 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
722 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
723 at the end of a range type.
725 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
728 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
730 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
732 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
734 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
735 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
736 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
738 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
740 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
741 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
742 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
743 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
745 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
747 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
748 directly under the main menu.
750 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
751 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
752 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
753 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
754 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
755 worrying more about those languages.
757 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
758 to omit the symbol descriptor.
760 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
762 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
763 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
765 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
767 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
769 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
771 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
774 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
776 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
778 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
779 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
781 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
783 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
784 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
786 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
788 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
790 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
791 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
793 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
794 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
795 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
796 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
798 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
800 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
803 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
805 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
807 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
808 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
809 (Getting Started): New node.
811 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
813 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
815 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
817 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
818 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
820 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
822 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
824 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
826 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
828 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
830 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
832 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
834 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
835 (Parameters): Rewrite.
836 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
838 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
840 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
842 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
844 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
846 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
848 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
849 Add info about internal type data structures.
851 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
853 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
855 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
857 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
859 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
861 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
863 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
865 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
866 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
868 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
871 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
872 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
875 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
876 configuration for GDB user manual.
878 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
880 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
881 stored as gdb-config.texi
883 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
885 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
887 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
889 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
891 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
893 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
895 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
897 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
899 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
901 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
903 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
905 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
907 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
909 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
911 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
913 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
915 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
917 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
919 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
921 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
922 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
924 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
926 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
928 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
930 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
932 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
934 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
935 from an email msg by Stu.
937 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
939 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
940 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
941 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
943 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
945 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
947 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
950 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
952 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
955 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
957 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
959 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
961 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
963 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
966 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
968 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
971 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
973 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
975 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
977 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
979 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
981 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
983 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
985 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
986 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
988 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
990 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
992 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
994 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
996 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
998 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1000 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1002 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
1004 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1006 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1007 These will be reinserted when examined.
1009 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1011 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
1012 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
1013 host-specific and target-specific.
1015 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1017 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
1018 examples (not consistent w others).
1019 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
1020 for generic vn of doc
1022 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1024 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1026 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1028 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1030 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1032 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
1033 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
1034 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
1036 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1038 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1040 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1041 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1043 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1045 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1046 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1048 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1050 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1051 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1053 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1055 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1057 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1059 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1060 rstack_high_address'.
1062 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1064 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1065 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1068 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1070 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1072 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1074 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1076 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1078 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1080 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1082 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1083 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1084 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1085 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1087 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1089 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1091 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1093 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1096 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1098 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1099 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1100 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1102 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1104 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1106 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1108 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1110 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1112 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1113 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1114 standards.text support.
1116 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1118 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1119 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1120 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1127 version-control: never