+2013-04-05 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (gdb man): Mention option -p. Include Fortran to
+ the list of supported languages.
+
2013-04-05 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Convert man pages to texinfo, new gdbinit.5 texinfo page.
[@option{-b}@w{ }@var{bps}]
[@option{-tty=}@var{dev}] [@option{-s} @var{symfile}]
[@option{-e}@w{ }@var{prog}] [@option{-se}@w{ }@var{prog}]
-[@option{-c}@w{ }@var{core}] [@option{-x}@w{ }@var{cmds}]
- [@option{-d}@w{ }@var{dir}] [@var{prog}|@var{core}|@var{procID}]
+[@option{-c}@w{ }@var{core}] [@option{-p}@w{ }@var{procID}]
+ [@option{-x}@w{ }@var{cmds}] [@option{-d}@w{ }@var{dir}]
+[@var{prog}|@var{prog} @var{procID}|@var{prog} @var{core}]
@c man end
@c man begin DESCRIPTION gdb
effects of one bug and go on to learn about another.
@end itemize
-You can use @value{GDBN} to debug programs written in C, C@t{++}, and Modula-2.
-Fortran support will be added when a GNU Fortran compiler is ready.
+You can use @value{GDBN} to debug programs written in C, C@t{++}, Fortran and
+Modula-2.
@value{GDBN} is invoked with the shell command @code{gdb}. Once started, it reads
commands from the terminal until you tell it to exit with the @value{GDBN}
@smallexample
gdb program 1234
+gdb -p 1234
@end smallexample
@noindent
would attach @value{GDBN} to process @code{1234} (unless you also have a file
named @file{1234}; @value{GDBN} does check for a core file first).
+With option @option{-p} you can omit the @var{program} filename.
Here are some of the most frequently needed @value{GDBN} commands: