From 4e562065db511eca8fb38e7f930668c2985b1db2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Brobecker Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 21:59:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * gdb.texinfo (Unsupported languages): New section. (Languages): Add link to new section. --- gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 33e9f10226d..3d396013241 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2003-06-24 Joel Brobecker + + * gdb.texinfo (Unsupported languages): New section. + (Languages): Add link to new section. + 2003-06-22 Andrew Cagney * gdb.texinfo (Contributors): Mention 6.0 release engineer. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 8b60e52ad9f..05715e137df 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -7437,6 +7437,7 @@ language}. * Show:: Displaying the language * Checks:: Type and range checks * Support:: Supported languages +* Unsupported languages:: Unsupported languages @end menu @node Setting @@ -8843,6 +8844,22 @@ address can be specified by an integral constant, the construct In @value{GDBN} scripts, the Modula-2 inequality operator @code{#} is interpreted as the beginning of a comment. Use @code{<>} instead. +@node Unsupported languages +@section Unsupported languages + +@cindex unsupported languages +@cindex minimal language +In addition to the other fully-supported programming languages, +@value{GDBN} also provides a pseudo-language, called @code{minimal}. +It does not represent a real programming language, but provides a set +of capabilities close to what the C or assembly languages provide. +This should allow most simple operations to be performed while debugging +an application that uses a language currently not supported by @value{GDBN}. + +If the language is set to @code{auto}, @value{GDBN} will automatically +select this language if the current frame corresponds to an unsupported +language. + @node Symbols @chapter Examining the Symbol Table -- 2.30.2