From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 20:39:17 +0000 (+0000)
Subject:        * gdb.texinfo (Unsupported languages): New section.
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   * gdb.texinfo (Unsupported languages): New section.
       (Languages): Add link to new section.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 33e9f10226d..3d396013241 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-06-24  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@gnat.com>
+
+	* gdb.texinfo (Unsupported languages): New section.
+	(Languages): Add link to new section.
+
 2003-06-22  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdb.texinfo (Contributors): Mention 6.0 release engineer.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 8b60e52ad9f..05715e137df 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -7437,6 +7437,7 @@ language}.
 * Show::                        Displaying the language
 * Checks::                      Type and range checks
 * Support::                     Supported languages
+* Unsupported languages::       Unsupported languages
 @end menu
 
 @node Setting
@@ -8843,6 +8844,22 @@ address can be specified by an integral constant, the construct
 In @value{GDBN} scripts, the Modula-2 inequality operator @code{#} is
 interpreted as the beginning of a comment.  Use @code{<>} instead.
 
+@node Unsupported languages
+@section Unsupported languages
+
+@cindex unsupported languages
+@cindex minimal language
+In addition to the other fully-supported programming languages,
+@value{GDBN} also provides a pseudo-language, called @code{minimal}.
+It does not represent a real programming language, but provides a set
+of capabilities close to what the C or assembly languages provide.
+This should allow most simple operations to be performed while debugging
+an application that uses a language currently not supported by @value{GDBN}.
+
+If the language is set to @code{auto}, @value{GDBN} will automatically
+select this language if the current frame corresponds to an unsupported
+language.
+
 @node Symbols
 @chapter Examining the Symbol Table