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Re: editing source files in gdb
On 12/16/06, Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> wrote:
> The problem is that when i give 'edit' from inside gdb to edit the
> current source file, gdb is opening a new file in the editor under a
> different name. The funny thing is that the new file has the name of
> the absolute path of the file with a slash between directory and file
> missing. For eg: if file 'test.cpp' is in directory '/home/kiran' then
> gdb is opening the file as /home/kirantest.cpp. Could any one help me
> in this ?
You don't say what version of GDB this is. I see what you do for 6.3 but
not GDB in CVS (6.6.50.20061210-cvs). Perhaps updating to a newer GDB will
solve your problem.
> This feature (coupled with make from inside gdb) would be useful to me
> as dont have to exit from gdb for editing the source file if i find a
> mistake in my code.
As a side note, the mode that I'm writing for Emacs tries to achieve this too.
--
Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob
Thanks a lot. That helped an i can now edit the file from vi from
inside gdb itself.
But is there any thing is gdb that prevents 'vi' from loading my
favourite "vimrc"
(vi startup customization file).
I have one more doubt. I have defined a string like
typedef std::basic_string< unsigned short, unsigned_short_traits > utf16string;
utf16string myString; //dont worry about the traits
Is there any thing in gdb that will help me view the string as i view
a ordinary std::string.
As of now i use [x/100s myString.c_str()] or [p /c
*myString.c_str()@100] to examine the
data in the string. Could i use any thing better to view it like an
ordinary string ?