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1 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
2
3 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
4
5 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
6
7 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
8 references to ieee-float.c.
9
10 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
11
12 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
13 match what the code actually does.
14
15 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
16
17 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
18
19 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
20
21 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
22 i, and b.
23
24 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
25
26 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
27 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
28 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
29 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
30
31 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
32
33 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
34 Ghostscript.
35
36 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
37
38 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
39 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
40 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
41 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
42
43 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
44
45 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
46 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
47
48 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
49
50 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
51 -16.
52
53 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
54
55 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
56 arbitrary frame specficiations.
57
58 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
59
60 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
61
62 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
63
64 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
65
66 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
67
68 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
69
70 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
71
72 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
73 Differences node to Statics node.
74 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
75
76 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
77 not clean.
78
79 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
80
81 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
82 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
83 `set print's.
84
85 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
86
87 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
88 numbers at once.
89 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
90 ELF and SOM Transformations.
91
92 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
93
94 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
95
96 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
97
98 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
99 within <>.
100 (Structures): Document static members.
101
102 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
103
104 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
105
106 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
107
108 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
109
110 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
111
112 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
113
114 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
115
116 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
117
118 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
119 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
120 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
121 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
122
123 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
124 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
125 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
126 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
127
128 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
129
130 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
131
132 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
133
134 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
135 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
136
137 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
138
139 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
140 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
141 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
142 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
143 designed).
144
145 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
146 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
147 doesn't work well.
148 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
149 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
150 languages is described in detail.
151
152 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
153
154 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
155 characters.
156
157 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
158
159 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
160
161 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
162 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
163
164 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
165
166 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
167 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
168 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
169
170 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
171
172 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
173 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
174
175 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
176
177 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
178
179 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
180
181 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
182 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
183
184 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
185
186 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
187
188 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
189 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
190 per a suggestion from kingdon.
191
192 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
193 premise.
194
195 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
196
197 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
198 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
199
200 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
201
202 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
203
204 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
205
206 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
207 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
208
209 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
210
211 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
212
213 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
214
215 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
216
217 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
218
219 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
220 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
221 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
222
223 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
224 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
225
226 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
227
228 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
229 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
230 signal command and the shell kill utility.
231
232 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
233
234 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
235
236 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
237
238 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
239
240 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
241
242 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
243
244 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
245
246 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
247 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
248
249 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
250
251 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
252 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
253 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
254
255 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
256
257 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
258
259 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
260
261 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
262
263 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
264
265 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
266 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
267
268 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
269
270 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
271
272 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
273
274 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
275
276 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
277
278 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
279
280 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
281 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
282
283 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
284
285 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
286
287 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
288
289 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
290 parameters on VAX.
291
292 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
293
294 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
295
296 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
297
298 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
299
300 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
301
302 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
303 non-trivial words in section names.
304
305 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
306
307 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
308
309 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
310
311 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
312
313 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
314 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
315 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
316 Use @deffn to define stab types.
317 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
318 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
319 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
320
321 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
322
323 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
324
325 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
326
327 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
328 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
329
330 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
331 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
332
333 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
334
335 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
336
337 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
338
339 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
340
341 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
342 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
343 no tabs, use @r).
344 (Global Variables): Clean up.
345
346 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
347
348 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
349
350 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
351
352 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
353 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
354 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
355 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
356
357 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
358
359 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
360
361 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
362
363 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
364 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
365
366 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
367
368 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
369
370 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
371 paragraph which follows.
372
373 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
374 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
375
376 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
377
378 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
379
380 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
381
382 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
383 retransmit-timeout
384
385 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
386
387 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
388 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
389
390 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
391
392 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
393
394 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
395
396 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
397 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
398
399 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
400
401 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
402
403 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
404
405 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
406 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
407
408 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
409
410 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
411
412 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
413
414 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
415
416 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
417
418 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
419
420 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
421
422 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
423 to select Modula-2 material.
424
425 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
426
427 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
428
429 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
430 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
431
432 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
433
434 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
435
436 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
437
438 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
439
440 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
441
442 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
443 removed from the code by Kingdon.
444
445 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
446
447 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
448 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
449
450 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
451 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
452
453 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
454
455 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
456 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
457
458 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
459
460 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
461
462 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
463
464 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
465
466 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
467
468 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
469 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
470 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
471 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
472 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
473
474 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
475 in easily replaced spot
476
477 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
478
479 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
480
481 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
482
483 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
484
485 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
486
487 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
488
489 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
490 politely rather than rudely.
491
492 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
493
494 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
495
496 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
497
498 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
499
500 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
501
502 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
503
504 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
505
506 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
507
508 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
509
510 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
511 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
512 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
513 minor formatting improvements.
514
515 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
516 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
517 new text.
518
519 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
520
521 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
522
523 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
524
525 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
526 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
527 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
528
529 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
530 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
531
532 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
533
534 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
535
536 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
537
538 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
539
540 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
541
542 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
543 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
544 command and suggest other solutions.
545
546 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
547
548 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
549 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
550
551 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
552
553 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
554 NF_LDOUBLE means.
555 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
556 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
557
558 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
559
560 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
561
562 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
563
564 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
565 information.
566
567 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
568 the trailing semicolon.
569
570 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
571
572 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
573 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
574 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
575
576 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
577 at the end of a range type.
578
579 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
580 AIX extensions.
581
582 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
583
584 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
585
586 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
587
588 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
589 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
590 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
591
592 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
593
594 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
595 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
596 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
597 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
598
599 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
600
601 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
602 directly under the main menu.
603
604 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
605 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
606 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
607 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
608 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
609 worrying more about those languages.
610
611 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
612 to omit the symbol descriptor.
613
614 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
615
616 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
617 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
618
619 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
620
621 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
622
623 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
624
625 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
626 target remote.
627
628 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
629
630 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
631
632 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
633 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
634
635 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
636
637 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
638 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
639
640 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
641
642 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
643
644 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
645 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
646
647 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
648 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
649 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
650 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
651
652 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
653
654 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
655 AIX documentation.
656
657 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
658
659 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
660
661 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
662 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
663 (Getting Started): New node.
664
665 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
666
667 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
668
669 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
670
671 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
672 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
673
674 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
675
676 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
677
678 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
679
680 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
681
682 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
683
684 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
685
686 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
687
688 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
689 (Parameters): Rewrite.
690 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
691
692 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
693
694 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
695
696 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
697
698 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
699
700 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
701
702 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
703 Add info about internal type data structures.
704
705 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
706
707 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
708 $(srcdir).
709 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
710
711 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
712
713 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
714
715 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
716
717 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
718
719 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
720 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
721
722 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
723 h8 config
724
725 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
726 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
727 menus).
728
729 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
730 configuration for GDB user manual.
731
732 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
733
734 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
735 stored as gdb-config.texi
736
737 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
738
739 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
740
741 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
742
743 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
744
745 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
746
747 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
748 host conditionals.
749 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
750
751 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
752
753 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
754
755 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
756
757 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
758
759 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
760
761 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
762
763 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
764
765 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
766
767 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
768
769 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
770
771 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
772
773 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
774
775 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
776 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
777
778 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
779
780 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
781
782 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
783
784 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
785
786 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
787
788 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
789 from an email msg by Stu.
790
791 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
792
793 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
794 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
795 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
796
797 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
798
799 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
800
801 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
802 object file format.
803
804 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
805
806 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
807 intermediate file.
808
809 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
810
811 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
812
813 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
814
815 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
816
817 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
818 as well as Z8002.
819
820 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
821
822 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
823 in changes.
824
825 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
826
827 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
828
829 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
830
831 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
832
833 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
834
835 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
836
837 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
838
839 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
840 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
841
842 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
843
844 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
845
846 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
847
848 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
849
850 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
851
852 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
853
854 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
855
856 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
857
858 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
859
860 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
861 These will be reinserted when examined.
862
863 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
864
865 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
866 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
867 host-specific and target-specific.
868
869 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
870
871 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
872 examples (not consistent w others).
873 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
874 for generic vn of doc
875
876 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
877
878 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
879
880 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
881
882 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
883
884 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
885
886 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
887 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
888 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
889
890 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
891
892 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
893
894 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
895 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
896
897 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
898
899 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
900 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
901
902 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
903
904 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
905 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
906
907 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
908
909 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
910
911 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
912
913 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
914 rstack_high_address'.
915
916 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
917
918 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
919 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
920 H8/300 from DOS.
921
922 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
923
924 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
925
926 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
927
928 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
929
930 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
931
932 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
933
934 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
935
936 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
937 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
938 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
939 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
940
941 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
942
943 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
944
945 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
946
947 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
948 temporary.
949
950 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
951
952 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
953 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
954 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
955
956 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
957
958 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
959
960 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
961
962 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
963
964 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
965
966 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
967 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
968 standards.text support.
969
970 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
971
972 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
973 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
974 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
975
976 \f
977 Local Variables:
978 mode: indented-text
979 left-margin: 8
980 fill-column: 74
981 version-control: never
982 End: