gdb: add Python events for program space addition and removal

[binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / NEWS

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@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 13
 
+* GDB now recognizes the NO_COLOR environment variable and disables
+  styling according to the spec.  See https://no-color.org/.
+  Styling can be re-enabled with "set style enabled on".
+
 * The AArch64 'org.gnu.gdb.aarch64.pauth' Pointer Authentication feature string
   has been deprecated in favor of the 'org.gnu.gdb.aarch64.pauth_v2' feature
   string.
@@ -90,8 +94,9 @@
   expression parser.
 
 * The 'list' command now accepts '.' as an argument, which tells GDB to
-  print the location where the inferior is stopped.  If the inferior hasn't
-  started yet, the command will print around the main function.
+  print the location around the point of execution within the current frame.
+  If the inferior hasn't started yet, the command will print around the
+  beginning of the 'main' function.
 
 * Using the 'list' command with no arguments in a situation where the
   command would attempt to list past the end of the file now warns the
@@ -132,6 +137,12 @@ show always-read-ctf
 info main
   Get main symbol to identify entry point into program.
 
+set tui mouse-events [on|off]
+show tui mouse-events
+  When on (default), mouse clicks control the TUI and can be accessed by
+  Python extensions.  When off, mouse clicks are handled by the terminal,
+  enabling terminal-native text selection.
+
 * New convenience function "$_shell", to execute a shell command and
   return the result.  This lets you run shell commands in expressions.
   Some examples:
@@ -269,6 +280,9 @@ info main
 
   ** gdb.Value now has the 'assign' method.
 
+  ** gdb.Value now has the 'to_array' method.  This converts an
+     array-like Value to an array.
+
   ** gdb.Progspace now has the new method "objfile_for_address".  This
      returns the gdb.Objfile, if any, that covers a given address.
 
@@ -278,6 +292,40 @@ info main
      inferior specific, then this field contains None.  This field can
      be written too.
 
+  ** gdb.Type now has the "is_array_like" and "is_string_like"
+     methods.  These reflect GDB's internal idea of whether a type
+     might be array- or string-like, even if they do not have the
+     corresponding type code.
+
+  ** gdb.ValuePrinter is a new class that can be used as the base
+     class for the result of applying a pretty-printer.  As a base
+     class, it signals to gdb that the printer may implement new
+     pretty-printer methods.
+
+  ** New attribute Progspace.symbol_file.  This attribute holds the
+     gdb.Objfile that corresponds to Progspace.filename (when
+     Progspace.filename is not None), otherwise, this attribute is
+     itself None.
+
+  ** New attribute Progspace.executable_filename.  This attribute
+     holds a string containing a file name set by the "exec-file" or
+     "file" commands, or None if no executable file is set.  This
+     isn't the exact string passed by the user to these commands; the
+     file name will have been partially resolved to an absolute file
+     name.
+
+  ** A new executable_changed event registry is available.  This event
+     emits ExecutableChangedEvent objects, which have 'progspace' (a
+     gdb.Progspace) and 'reload' (a Boolean) attributes.  This event
+     is emitted when gdb.Progspace.executable_filename changes.
+
+  ** New event registries gdb.events.new_progspace and
+     gdb.events.free_progspace, these emit NewProgspaceEvent and
+     FreeProgspaceEvent event types respectively.  Both of these event
+     types have a single 'progspace' attribute, which is the
+     gdb.Progspace that is either being added to GDB, or removed from
+     GDB.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 13
 
 * MI version 1 is deprecated, and will be removed in GDB 14.