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gdb/doc: document how filename arguments are formatted
authorAndrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:47:49 +0000 (14:47 +0100)
committerAndrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:08:59 +0000 (10:08 +0100)
commit2fb3ca4e88a8266427475596de8c667c9862e953
tree35c3ade5be8e1052317db0b36b0a4dd9e7ea4768
parentd1765f5db3f9d1c75a3e1b06f0182db40afbbdc9
gdb/doc: document how filename arguments are formatted

In the following commits I intend to improve GDB's filename
completion.  However, how filenames should be completed is a little
complex because GDB is not consistent with how it expects filename
arguments to be formatted.

This commit documents the current state of GDB when it comes to
formatting filename arguments.

Currently GDB will not correctly complete filenames inline with this
documentation; GDB will either fail to complete, or complete
incorrectly (i.e. the result of completion will not then be accepted
by GDB).  However, later commits in this series will fix completion.

Approved-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo