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authorAndrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>2004-07-17 03:25:11 +0000
committerAndrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>2004-07-17 03:25:11 +0000
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Index: ChangeLog
2004-07-16 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org> * defs.h (event_loop_p): Replace variable declaration with macro, always 1. * main.c (captured_main): Delete options "-async" and "-noasync". (event_loop_p): Delete variable. * NEWS: Mention that "-async" and "-noasync" were removed. Index: doc/ChangeLog 2004-07-16 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org> * gdb.texinfo (Mode Options): Delete documentation on "-async" and "-noasync".
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-07-16 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Mode Options): Delete documentation on "-async" and
+ "-noasync".
+
2004-07-09 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* gdb.texinfo: Fix @kindex entries so that multiple commands that
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
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--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -1065,30 +1065,6 @@ that control @value{GDBN}, and level 2 has been deprecated.
The annotation mechanism has largely been superseeded by @sc{gdb/mi}
(@pxref{GDB/MI}).
-@item -async
-@cindex @code{--async}
-Use the asynchronous event loop for the command-line interface.
-@value{GDBN} processes all events, such as user keyboard input, via a
-special event loop. This allows @value{GDBN} to accept and process user
-commands in parallel with the debugged process being
-run@footnote{@value{GDBN} built with @sc{djgpp} tools for
-MS-DOS/MS-Windows supports this mode of operation, but the event loop is
-suspended when the debuggee runs.}, so you don't need to wait for
-control to return to @value{GDBN} before you type the next command.
-(@emph{Note:} as of version 5.1, the target side of the asynchronous
-operation is not yet in place, so @samp{-async} does not work fully
-yet.)
-@c FIXME: when the target side of the event loop is done, the above NOTE
-@c should be removed.
-
-When the standard input is connected to a terminal device, @value{GDBN}
-uses the asynchronous event loop by default, unless disabled by the
-@samp{-noasync} option.
-
-@item -noasync
-@cindex @code{--noasync}
-Disable the asynchronous event loop for the command-line interface.
-
@item --args
@cindex @code{--args}
Change interpretation of command line so that arguments following the