* gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
[binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / doc / ChangeLog
1 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
2
3 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
4
5 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
6
7 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
8 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
9 command and suggest other solutions.
10
11 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
12
13 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
14 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
15
16 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
17
18 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
19 NF_LDOUBLE means.
20 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
21 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
22
23 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
24
25 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
26
27 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
28
29 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
30 information.
31
32 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
33 the trailing semicolon.
34
35 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
36
37 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
38 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
39 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
40
41 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
42 at the end of a range type.
43
44 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
45 AIX extensions.
46
47 Mon May 24 11:09:06 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
48
49 * snapshots.readme: Clarify when obvious and non-obvious bugs
50 should be reported.
51
52 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
53
54 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
55
56 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
57
58 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
59 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
60 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
61
62 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
63
64 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
65 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
66 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
67 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
68
69 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
70
71 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
72 directly under the main menu.
73
74 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
75 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
76 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
77 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
78 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
79 worrying more about those languages.
80
81 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
82 to omit the symbol descriptor.
83
84 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
85
86 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
87 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
88
89 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
90
91 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
92
93 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
94
95 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
96 target remote.
97
98 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
99
100 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
101
102 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
103 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
104
105 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
106
107 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
108 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
109
110 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
111
112 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
113
114 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
115 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
116
117 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
118 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
119 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
120 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
121
122 Thu May 6 08:51:35 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
123
124 * snapshots.readme: Add notes for UNIX make and GNU make.
125
126 Mon May 3 17:06:45 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
127
128 * snapshots.readme: Clarify bison/byacc/yacc notes.
129
130 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
131
132 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
133 AIX documentation.
134
135 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
136
137 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
138
139 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
140 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
141 (Getting Started): New node.
142
143 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
144
145 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
146
147 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
148
149 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
150 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
151
152 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
153
154 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
155
156 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
157
158 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
159
160 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
161
162 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
163
164 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
165
166 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
167 (Parameters): Rewrite.
168 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
169
170 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
171
172 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
173
174 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
175
176 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
177
178 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
179
180 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
181 Add info about internal type data structures.
182
183 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
184
185 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
186 $(srcdir).
187 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
188
189 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
190
191 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
192
193 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
194
195 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
196
197 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
198 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
199
200 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
201 h8 config
202
203 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
204 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
205 menus).
206
207 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
208 configuration for GDB user manual.
209
210 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
211
212 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
213 stored as gdb-config.texi
214
215 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
216
217 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
218
219 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
220
221 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
222
223 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
224
225 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
226 host conditionals.
227 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
228
229 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
230
231 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
232
233 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
234
235 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
236
237 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
238
239 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
240
241 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
242
243 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
244
245 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
246
247 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
248
249 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
250
251 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
252
253 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
254 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
255
256 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
257
258 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
259
260 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
261
262 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
263
264 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
265
266 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
267 from an email msg by Stu.
268
269 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
270
271 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
272 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
273 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
274
275 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
276
277 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
278
279 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
280 object file format.
281
282 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
283
284 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
285 intermediate file.
286
287 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
288
289 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
290
291 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
292
293 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
294
295 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
296 as well as Z8002.
297
298 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
299
300 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
301 in changes.
302
303 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
304
305 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
306
307 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
308
309 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
310
311 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
312
313 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
314
315 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
316
317 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
318 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
319
320 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
321
322 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
323
324 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
325
326 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
327
328 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
329
330 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
331
332 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
333
334 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
335
336 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
337
338 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
339 These will be reinserted when examined.
340
341 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
342
343 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
344 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
345 host-specific and target-specific.
346
347 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
348
349 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
350 examples (not consistent w others).
351 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
352 for generic vn of doc
353
354 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
355
356 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
357
358 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
359
360 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
361
362 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
363
364 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
365 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
366 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
367
368 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
369
370 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
371
372 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
373 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
374
375 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
376
377 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
378 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
379
380 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
381
382 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
383 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
384
385 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
386
387 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
388
389 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
390
391 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
392 rstack_high_address'.
393
394 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
395
396 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
397 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
398 H8/300 from DOS.
399
400 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
401
402 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
403
404 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
405
406 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
407
408 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
409
410 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
411
412 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
413
414 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
415 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
416 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
417 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
418
419 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
420
421 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
422
423 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
424
425 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
426 temporary.
427
428 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
429
430 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
431 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
432 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
433
434 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
435
436 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
437
438 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
439
440 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
441
442 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
443
444 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
445 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
446 standards.text support.
447
448 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
449
450 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
451 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
452 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
453
454 \f
455 Local Variables:
456 mode: indented-text
457 left-margin: 8
458 fill-column: 74
459 version-control: never
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