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>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Blandy <jimb@cygnus.com> writes: jtc> Is the tui interface supposed to be usable on all platforms? Jim> Well, kind of. The code isn't up to the standards of the rest of Jim> GDB --- for example, it contains HPPA-specific code --- and we Jim> don't have a lot of resources allocated to clean it up. TUI is clearly not up to GDB standards, which begs the question why it was integrated in its current condition. >> Perhaps the #include of tui headers needs to be removed from defs.h >> and included in the handful of source files that interface with the >> tui library. Jim> If you could come up with a patch that: Jim> - makes the TUI work on Linux, Jim> - insulates the rest of GDB from curses's namespace problems, and Jim> - doesn't perturb the rest of GDB much, Jim> then I'd apply it. TUI doesn't seem to offer me or the users I support much benefit, so the only reason I have to do this is my desire to improve GDB. If I have time, I may put some effort into it. However, IMO the onus for bringing TUI to an acceptable belongs squarely on the shoulders of those who contributed it. --jtc -- J.T. Conklin RedBack Networks