From 140a4bc099820c909da0eac1df0f56ec468ad3dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Tromey Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:19:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Document the "set style" commands This documents the new "set style" commands. gdb/ChangeLog 2018-12-28 Tom Tromey * NEWS: Mention terminal styling. gdb/doc/ChangeLog 2018-12-28 Tom Tromey * gdb.texinfo (Output Styling): New node. --- gdb/ChangeLog | 4 +++ gdb/NEWS | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++ gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 4 +++ gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 103 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index c853279f407..c2c9f874772 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2018-12-28 Tom Tromey + + * NEWS: Mention terminal styling. + 2018-12-28 Tom Tromey * utils.h (can_emit_style_escape): Declare. diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS index 913f3ae3b66..c9e801c33ef 100644 --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ binaries. This ensures that 'kevent' system calls are caught for binaries using either the old or new ABIs. +* Terminal styling is now available for the CLI and the TUI. GNU + Source Highlight can additionally be used to provide styling of + source code snippets. See the "set style" commands, below, for more + information. + * New targets NXP S12Z s12z-*-elf @@ -130,6 +135,31 @@ set tui tab-width NCHARS show tui tab-width NCHARS "set tui tab-width" replaces the "tabset" command, which has been deprecated. +set style enabled [on|off] +show style enabled + Enable or disable terminal styling. Styling is enabled by default + on most hosts. + +set style filename foreground COLOR +set style filename background COLOR +set style filename intensity VALUE + Control the styling of file names. + +set style function foreground COLOR +set style function background COLOR +set style function intensity VALUE + Control the styling of function names. + +set style variable foreground COLOR +set style variable background COLOR +set style variable intensity VALUE + Control the styling of variable names. + +set style address foreground COLOR +set style address background COLOR +set style address intensity VALUE + Control the styling of addresses. + * MI changes ** The '-data-disassemble' MI command now accepts an '-a' option to diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 68d3068c722..56d846cd79d 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2018-12-28 Tom Tromey + + * gdb.texinfo (Output Styling): New node. + 2018-12-13 John Baldwin * gdb.texinfo (Set Catchpoints): Add an anchor for 'catch syscall'. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index d766e44e631..4d4274fe595 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -24219,6 +24219,7 @@ described here. * Editing:: Command editing * Command History:: Command history * Screen Size:: Screen size +* Output Styling:: Output styling * Numbers:: Numbers * ABI:: Configuring the current ABI * Auto-loading:: Automatically loading associated files @@ -24526,6 +24527,70 @@ Options, -batch}) also automatically disables pagination. Show the current pagination mode. @end table +@node Output Styling +@section Output Styling +@cindex styling +@cindex colors + +@kindex set style +@kindex show style +@value{GDBN} can style its output on a capable terminal. This is +enabled by default on most systems. Various style settings are +available; and styles can also be disabled entirely. + +@table @code +@item set style enabled @samp{on|off} +Enable or disable all styling. The default is host-dependent, with +most hosts defaulting to @samp{on}. + +@item show style enabled +Show the current state of styling. +@end table + +Subcommands of @code{set style} control specific forms of styling. +These subcommands all follow the same pattern: each style-able object +can be styled with a foreground color, a background color, and an +intensity. + +For example, the style of file names can be controlled using the +@code{set style filename} group of commands: + +@table @code +@item set style filename background @var{color} +Set the background to @var{color}. Valid colors are @samp{none} +(meaning the terminal's default color), @samp{black}, @samp{red}, +@samp{green}, @samp{yellow}, @samp{vlue}, @samp{magenta}, @samp{cyan}, +and@samp{white}. + +@item set style filename foreground @var{color} +Set the foreground to @var{color}. Valid colors are @samp{none} +(meaning the terminal's default color), @samp{black}, @samp{red}, +@samp{green}, @samp{yellow}, @samp{vlue}, @samp{magenta}, @samp{cyan}, +and@samp{white}. + +@item set style filename intensity @var{value} +Set the intensity to @var{value}. Valid intensities are @samp{normal} +(the default), @samp{bold}, and @samp{dim}. +@end table + +The style-able objects are: +@table @code +@item filename +Control the styling of file names. + +@item function +Control the styling of function names. These are managed with the +@code{set style function} family of commands. + +@item variable +Control the styling of variable names. These are managed with the +@code{set style variable} family of commands. + +@item address +Control the styling of addresses. These are managed with the +@code{set style address} family of commands. +@end table + @node Numbers @section Numbers @cindex number representation -- 2.30.2