Add `set print repeats' tests for C/C++ arrays

[binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / NEWS

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 3f78ace82bbfefa1c8242d5aa2b55e832505ee75..8c13cefb22f3373a2171d46bae0d8a826e75a4fc 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -56,6 +56,31 @@ set logging enabled on|off
 show logging enabled
   These commands set or show whether logging is enabled or disabled.
 
+exit
+  You can now exit GDB by using the new command "exit", in addition to
+  the existing "quit" command.
+
+set debug threads on|off
+show debug threads
+  Print additional debug messages about thread creation and deletion.
+
+set debug linux-nat on|off
+show debug linux-nat
+  These new commands replaced the old 'set debug lin-lwp' and 'show
+  debug lin-lwp' respectively.  Turning this setting on prints debug
+  messages relating to GDB's handling of native Linux inferiors.
+
+maint flush source-cache
+  Flush the contents of the source code cache.
+
+maint set gnu-source-highlight enabled on|off
+maint show gnu-source-highlight enabled
+  Whether GDB should use the GNU Source Highlight library for adding
+  styling to source code.  When off, the library will not be used, even
+  when available.  When GNU Source Highlight isn't used, or can't add
+  styling to a particular source file, then the Python Pygments
+  library will be used instead.
+
 * Changed commands
 
 maint packet
@@ -64,6 +89,19 @@ maint packet
   as escaped hex, e.g. \x?? where '??' is replaces with the value of
   the non-printable character.
 
+clone-inferior
+  The clone-inferior command now ensures that the TTY, CMD and ARGS
+  settings are copied from the original inferior to the new one.
+  All modifications to the environment variables done using the 'set
+  environment' or 'unset environment' commands are also copied to the new
+  inferior.
+
+set debug lin-lwp on|off
+show debug lin-lwp
+  These commands have been removed from GDB.  The new command 'set
+  debug linux-nat' and 'show debug linux-nat' should be used
+  instead.
+
 * Python API
 
   ** New function gdb.add_history(), which takes a gdb.Value object
@@ -105,6 +143,9 @@ maint packet
      is equivalent to the existing 'maint packet' CLI command; it
      allows a user specified packet to be sent to the remote target.
 
+  ** New function gdb.host_charset(), returns a string, which is the
+     name of the current host charset.
+
 * New features in the GDB remote stub, GDBserver
 
   ** GDBserver is now supported on OpenRISC GNU/Linux.