Re: [h-e-w] Fixing path for gdb (gud) in NTEmacs

[Jason Rumney]

Luetzeler Michael wrote:

> When I start gdb from NTEmacs M-x gdb -> run gdb -nw the source code files
> are given with a path:
> v:/V/TTS_SX1/PROJECTS/SITTSS/SRC/sitts.cpp
> which does not exist.
>
> The souce is located in:
> v:/TTS_SX1/PROJECTS/SITTSS/SRC/
>
>
> Is there some magic how I can "strip" the /v/ part coming from gdb befor
> emacs tries to open the file?
>  
You could write a file-name-handler to strip it out. See the variable 
file-name-handler-alist for a starting point, and cygwin-mount.el if you 
need an example of something similar (but more complex).

> Is there any "other" GUI frontend to gdb (I have to use an aquard version of
> gdb supplied by Symbian for on-target debugging -- can't switch to current
> cygwin gdb.)
>  
There are others, ddd is one I have used before, but they are likely to 
have the same problem with the invalid file names the Symbian gdb is 
passing back.