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Re: Improve "help all"
- From: Vladimir Prus <ghost at cs dot msu dot su>
- To: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:50:55 +0300
- Subject: Re: Improve "help all"
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:29:41 +0100 (CET)
>> From: "Mark Kettenis" <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
>> Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
>> > >
>> > > - The help output doesn't mention which class a command is in; this
>> > > might be useful, for finding related commands.
>> >
>> >
>> > The attached patch implements it. The output I get is:
>> >
>> > (gdb) help step
>> > Step program until it reaches a different source line.
>> > Argument N means do this N times (or till program stops for another
>> > reason).
>> >
>> > Run "help running" for the list of all commands in this class.
>> >
>> > This patch would require changing "breakpoint" command that already
>> > suggests
>> > to use "help breakpoints" in its own help string -- I'll do this later
>> > if this patch is approved.
>>
>> I really don't like this.
>
> Me neither. How about this output instead:
>
> (gdb) help step
> Step program until it reaches a different source line.
> Argument N means do this N times (or till program stops for another
> reason).
> (This command belongs to the class `running'.)
So:
- you changed wording (and I trust you on this)
- you remove a newline.
I'm not sure I understand the motivation for lumping everything in one text
block, for the sake of saving a single line. But if that's the general
agreement, I can change the patch to produce the above output?
Will it be OK then?
- Volodya