Re: -nx and .gdbtkinit

[Keith Seitz <keiths at redhat dot com>]

Andrew STUBBS wrote:

> The GDB -nx option currently causes Insight to ignore the .gdbtkinit (or 
> gdbtk.ini) file.

Correct.

> This is a problem for me because I need to disable .gdbinit, but wish to 
> continue using .gdbtkinit.

Eeew... Ummm... Hmmm...

> Why is it done this way? I am told .inputrc is always read, no matter what.

Because insight is gdb. :-)

> Would it be acceptable to totally remove this 'feature'? Or at least 
> unhook it from -nx somehow?

Yeah, I think you should be able to do something for insight. The 
problem is adding new command-line options to gdb for insight will be 
problematic (to be polite), since gdb still greedily hoards all options 
processing. [I once started building a patch to separate this out...]

> I had posted an alternative solution (-nx-except-gdbtkinit) to 
> gdb-patches here 
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2005-11/msg00233.html, but that 
> suggestion has not been met with much approval.
>
> Any other suggestions?

There are three options that come to me immediately. First is what 
you've proposed (new startup option to gdb), which probably isn't going 
to get accepted.

Next is a new environment variable (GDBTK_FORCE_READ_PREFERENCES or 
something or other). Add a check to prefs_read in prefs.tcl.

Finally, just disable the check for ignoring preferences in the same 
procedure (prefs_read in prefs.tcl).

I wish I could be more helpful. Sorry.

Keith