Re: Splash-screen, elisp files compression, gdb usage

[Nick Roberts]

>   3- gdb
>    3.1- gdb default behavior
> 
>        . GDB '--annotate=3' option is automatically added.
>        . GDB finds the first executable in the current directory

> THIS IS NOT A BUG but RATHER A SUGGESTION.
> Default GDB behavior is to add the '--annotate=3' option that is unused 
> by several GDB users. 

The '--annotate=3' option instructs GDB to markup the output so that Emacs can
parse it.  It should be transparent to the user.  Emacs 21.1 uses as similar
option '--fullname' (equivalent to '--annotate=1') which gives the line number
and name of the source file where execution stopped.  However in this case
the option is not displayed in the mini-buffer.

>                        In our case, it has also made emacs freezing while 
> typing a simple command such as 'help'.

This shouldn't happen.  Can you please file a precise bug report with
M-x report-emacs-bug which will automatically include your configuration.


>   3.2- gdb navigation

>        . GDB does not (always) navigate through source code.
>          up/down/breakpoints/... do not switch to source code.

> Here is a small/simple example:

It should work.  Have you compiled with -g?

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob