* stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
[binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / doc / ChangeLog
1 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
2
3 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
4 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
5 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
6 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
7
8 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
9
10 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
11 directly under the main menu.
12
13 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
14 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
15 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
16 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
17 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
18 worrying more about those languages.
19
20 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
21 to omit the symbol descriptor.
22
23 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
24
25 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
26 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
27
28 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
29
30 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
31
32 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
33
34 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
35 target remote.
36
37 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
38
39 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
40
41 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
42 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
43
44 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
45
46 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
47 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
48
49 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
50
51 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
52
53 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
54 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
55
56 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
57 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
58 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
59 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
60
61 Thu May 6 08:51:35 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
62
63 * snapshots.readme: Add notes for UNIX make and GNU make.
64
65 Mon May 3 17:06:45 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
66
67 * snapshots.readme: Clarify bison/byacc/yacc notes.
68
69 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
70
71 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
72 AIX documentation.
73
74 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
75
76 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
77
78 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
79 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
80 (Getting Started): New node.
81
82 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
83
84 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
85
86 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
87
88 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
89 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
90
91 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
92
93 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
94
95 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
96
97 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
98
99 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
100
101 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
102
103 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
104
105 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
106 (Parameters): Rewrite.
107 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
108
109 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
110
111 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
112
113 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
114
115 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
116
117 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
118
119 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
120 Add info about internal type data structures.
121
122 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
123
124 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
125 $(srcdir).
126 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
127
128 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
129
130 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
131
132 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
133
134 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
135
136 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
137 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
138
139 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
140 h8 config
141
142 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
143 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
144 menus).
145
146 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
147 configuration for GDB user manual.
148
149 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
150
151 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
152 stored as gdb-config.texi
153
154 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
155
156 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
157
158 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
159
160 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
161
162 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
163
164 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
165 host conditionals.
166 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
167
168 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
169
170 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
171
172 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
173
174 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
175
176 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
177
178 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
179
180 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
181
182 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
183
184 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
185
186 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
187
188 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
189
190 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
191
192 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
193 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
194
195 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
196
197 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
198
199 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
200
201 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
202
203 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
204
205 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
206 from an email msg by Stu.
207
208 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
209
210 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
211 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
212 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
213
214 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
215
216 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
217
218 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
219 object file format.
220
221 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
222
223 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
224 intermediate file.
225
226 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
227
228 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
229
230 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
231
232 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
233
234 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
235 as well as Z8002.
236
237 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
238
239 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
240 in changes.
241
242 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
243
244 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
245
246 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
247
248 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
249
250 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
251
252 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
253
254 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
255
256 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
257 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
258
259 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
260
261 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
262
263 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
264
265 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
266
267 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
268
269 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
270
271 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
272
273 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
274
275 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
276
277 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
278 These will be reinserted when examined.
279
280 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
281
282 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
283 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
284 host-specific and target-specific.
285
286 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
287
288 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
289 examples (not consistent w others).
290 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
291 for generic vn of doc
292
293 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
294
295 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
296
297 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
298
299 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
300
301 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
302
303 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
304 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
305 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
306
307 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
308
309 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
310
311 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
312 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
313
314 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
315
316 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
317 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
318
319 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
320
321 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
322 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
323
324 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
325
326 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
327
328 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
329
330 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
331 rstack_high_address'.
332
333 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
334
335 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
336 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
337 H8/300 from DOS.
338
339 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
340
341 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
342
343 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
344
345 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
346
347 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
348
349 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
350
351 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
352
353 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
354 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
355 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
356 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
357
358 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
359
360 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
361
362 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
363
364 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
365 temporary.
366
367 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
368
369 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
370 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
371 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
372
373 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
374
375 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
376
377 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
378
379 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
380
381 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
382
383 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
384 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
385 standards.text support.
386
387 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
388
389 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
390 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
391 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
392
393 \f
394 Local Variables:
395 mode: indented-text
396 left-margin: 8
397 fill-column: 74
398 version-control: never
399 End: