1 Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
3 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
4 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
6 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
8 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
9 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
10 macros and remove some.
12 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
14 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
15 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
17 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
19 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
20 is the correct gdb command.
22 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
24 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
25 suggested but not yet implemented.
27 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
29 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
30 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
32 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
34 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
35 of stabs-in-coff sections.
37 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
39 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
41 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
42 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
44 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
45 when waiting for your program to stop.
47 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
49 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
50 fields and record annotation.
52 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
54 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
56 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
58 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
59 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
61 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
63 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
64 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
65 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
66 an object file format.
68 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
70 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
72 (Arguments): Fix typo.
74 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
76 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
77 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
79 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
81 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
82 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
83 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
85 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
87 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
88 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
89 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
91 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
94 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
96 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
98 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
99 references to ieee-float.c.
101 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
103 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
104 match what the code actually does.
106 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
108 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
110 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
112 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
115 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
117 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
118 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
119 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
120 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
122 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
124 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
127 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
129 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
130 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
131 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
132 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
134 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
136 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
137 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
139 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
141 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
144 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
146 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
147 arbitrary frame specficiations.
149 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
151 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
153 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
155 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
157 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
159 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
161 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
163 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
164 Differences node to Statics node.
165 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
167 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
170 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
172 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
173 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
176 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
178 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
180 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
181 ELF and SOM Transformations.
183 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
185 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
187 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
189 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
191 (Structures): Document static members.
193 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
195 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
197 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
199 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
201 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
203 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
205 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
207 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
209 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
210 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
211 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
212 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
214 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
215 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
216 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
217 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
219 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
221 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
223 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
225 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
226 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
228 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
230 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
231 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
232 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
233 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
236 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
237 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
239 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
240 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
241 languages is described in detail.
243 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
245 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
248 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
250 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
252 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
253 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
255 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
257 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
258 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
259 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
261 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
263 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
264 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
266 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
268 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
270 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
272 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
273 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
275 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
277 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
279 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
280 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
281 per a suggestion from kingdon.
283 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
286 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
288 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
289 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
291 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
293 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
295 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
297 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
298 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
300 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
302 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
304 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
306 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
308 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
310 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
311 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
312 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
314 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
315 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
317 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
319 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
320 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
321 signal command and the shell kill utility.
323 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
325 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
327 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
329 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
331 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
333 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
335 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
337 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
338 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
340 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
342 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
343 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
344 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
346 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
348 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
350 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
352 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
354 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
356 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
357 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
359 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
361 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
363 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
365 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
367 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
369 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
371 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
372 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
374 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
376 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
378 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
380 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
383 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
385 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
387 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
389 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
391 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
393 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
394 non-trivial words in section names.
396 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
398 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
400 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
402 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
404 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
405 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
406 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
407 Use @deffn to define stab types.
408 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
409 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
410 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
412 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
414 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
416 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
418 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
419 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
421 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
422 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
424 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
426 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
428 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
430 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
432 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
433 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
435 (Global Variables): Clean up.
437 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
439 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
441 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
443 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
444 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
445 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
446 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
448 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
450 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
452 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
454 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
455 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
457 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
459 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
461 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
462 paragraph which follows.
464 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
465 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
467 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
469 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
471 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
473 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
476 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
478 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
479 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
481 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
483 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
485 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
487 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
488 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
490 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
492 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
494 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
496 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
497 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
499 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
501 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
503 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
505 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
507 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
509 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
511 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
513 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
514 to select Modula-2 material.
516 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
518 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
520 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
521 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
523 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
525 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
527 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
529 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
531 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
533 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
534 removed from the code by Kingdon.
536 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
538 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
539 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
541 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
542 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
544 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
546 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
547 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
549 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
551 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
553 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
555 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
557 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
559 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
560 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
561 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
562 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
563 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
565 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
566 in easily replaced spot
568 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
570 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
572 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
574 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
576 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
578 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
580 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
581 politely rather than rudely.
583 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
585 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
587 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
589 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
591 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
593 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
595 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
597 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
599 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
601 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
602 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
603 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
604 minor formatting improvements.
606 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
607 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
610 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
612 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
614 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
616 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
617 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
618 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
620 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
621 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
623 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
625 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
627 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
629 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
631 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
633 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
634 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
635 command and suggest other solutions.
637 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
639 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
640 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
642 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
644 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
646 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
647 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
649 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
651 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
653 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
655 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
658 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
659 the trailing semicolon.
661 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
663 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
664 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
665 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
667 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
668 at the end of a range type.
670 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
673 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
675 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
677 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
679 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
680 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
681 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
683 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
685 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
686 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
687 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
688 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
690 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
692 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
693 directly under the main menu.
695 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
696 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
697 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
698 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
699 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
700 worrying more about those languages.
702 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
703 to omit the symbol descriptor.
705 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
707 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
708 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
710 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
712 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
714 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
716 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
719 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
721 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
723 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
724 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
726 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
728 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
729 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
731 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
733 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
735 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
736 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
738 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
739 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
740 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
741 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
743 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
745 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
748 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
750 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
752 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
753 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
754 (Getting Started): New node.
756 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
758 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
760 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
762 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
763 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
765 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
767 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
769 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
771 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
773 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
775 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
777 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
779 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
780 (Parameters): Rewrite.
781 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
783 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
785 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
787 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
789 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
791 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
793 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
794 Add info about internal type data structures.
796 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
798 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
800 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
802 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
804 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
806 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
808 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
810 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
811 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
813 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
816 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
817 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
820 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
821 configuration for GDB user manual.
823 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
825 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
826 stored as gdb-config.texi
828 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
830 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
832 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
834 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
836 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
838 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
840 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
842 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
844 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
846 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
848 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
850 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
852 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
854 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
856 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
858 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
860 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
862 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
864 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
866 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
867 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
869 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
871 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
873 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
875 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
877 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
879 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
880 from an email msg by Stu.
882 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
884 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
885 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
886 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
888 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
890 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
892 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
895 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
897 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
900 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
902 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
904 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
906 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
908 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
911 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
913 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
916 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
918 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
920 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
922 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
924 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
926 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
928 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
930 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
931 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
933 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
935 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
937 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
939 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
941 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
943 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
945 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
947 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
949 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
951 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
952 These will be reinserted when examined.
954 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
956 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
957 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
958 host-specific and target-specific.
960 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
962 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
963 examples (not consistent w others).
964 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
965 for generic vn of doc
967 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
969 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
971 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
973 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
975 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
977 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
978 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
979 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
981 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
983 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
985 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
986 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
988 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
990 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
991 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
993 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
995 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
996 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
998 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1000 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1002 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1004 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1005 rstack_high_address'.
1007 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1009 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1010 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1013 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1015 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1017 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1019 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1021 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1023 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1025 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1027 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1028 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1029 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1030 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1032 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1034 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1036 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1038 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1041 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1043 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1044 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1045 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1047 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1049 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1051 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1053 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1055 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1057 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1058 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1059 standards.text support.
1061 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1063 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1064 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1065 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1072 version-control: never