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Re: Another proposal for frontends and queries.
Marc Khouzam wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm starting a new thread in an attempt to get this issue resolved before 7.0.
>
> Three-line recap of the issue:
>
> For some frontends queries are answered automatically by GDB.
> Because of this, some actions that the frontends wants to trigger
> are automatically cancelled by GDB.
...
> My latest idea, based on the reactions to the previous suggestions
> is to extend "set confirm" and add a new "force" option.
> set confirm on/off would remain as before
> set confirm force would automatically answer 'y' to all queries.
So, the current problem is that some queries for which the frontend
wants implicit 'yes' are answered as 'no'. You propose an option to
make all queries answered as 'yes'. What if frontend wants some query
answered as 'no'?
- Volodya