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author | Joel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com> | 2010-06-28 19:54:03 +0000 |
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committer | Joel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com> | 2010-06-28 19:54:03 +0000 |
commit | 599fd48f1280e7b66fcae4ea304b2e2f0e32aded (patch) | |
tree | 2cdbef0d1957212d2644dd940ab86e8d12ab5af1 /gdb/doc | |
parent | f7b6ca434c1ca8b8d3a52df9745c55db35e4a61c (diff) | |
download | gdb-599fd48f1280e7b66fcae4ea304b2e2f0e32aded.tar.gz |
Document the GDB python directory.
2010-06-27 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
* NEWS: Add entry announcing the python directory.
2010-06-27 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Python): Document what the python directory is
and what its location is.
(Basic Python): Document the gdb.PYTHONDIR constant.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 47aa02dd456..e2130b7f0c5 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2010-06-28 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Python): Document what the python directory is + and what its location is. + (Basic Python): Document the gdb.PYTHONDIR constant. + 2010-06-25 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> PR python/10808: diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 2ea14368001..aac79f53c09 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -20089,6 +20089,13 @@ You can script @value{GDBN} using the @uref{http://www.python.org/, Python programming language}. This feature is available only if @value{GDBN} was configured using @option{--with-python}. +@cindex python directory +Python scripts used by @value{GDBN} should be installed in +@file{@var{data-directory}/python}, where @var{data-directory} is +the data directory as determined at @value{GDBN} startup (@pxref{Data Files}). This directory, known as the @dfn{python directory}, +is automatically added to the Python Search Path in order to allow +the Python interpreter to locate all scripts installed at this location. + @menu * Python Commands:: Accessing Python from @value{GDBN}. * Python API:: Accessing @value{GDBN} from Python. @@ -20199,6 +20206,11 @@ methods and classes added by @value{GDBN} are placed in this module. @value{GDBN} automatically @code{import}s the @code{gdb} module for use in all scripts evaluated by the @code{python} command. +@findex gdb.PYTHONDIR +@defvar PYTHONDIR +A string containing the python directory (@pxref{Python}). +@end defvar + @findex gdb.execute @defun execute command [from_tty] [to_string] Evaluate @var{command}, a string, as a @value{GDBN} CLI command. |