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| author | Christopher Faylor <me+cygwin@cgf.cx> | 2000-11-17 03:59:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Christopher Faylor <me+cygwin@cgf.cx> | 2000-11-17 03:59:40 +0000 |
| commit | 5ead5dba41b883f6448e497038a2dc41d30f6d33 (patch) | |
| tree | 735e1b23cf49734e9cd54647d9087d80eb5e8fb9 /gdb/doc | |
| parent | e46d26767437007686afe4115aa4411cac7955d1 (diff) | |
| download | gdb-5ead5dba41b883f6448e497038a2dc41d30f6d33.tar.gz | |
* gdb.texinfo: Document new 'set step-mode' command.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 63ab0a7afbf..65b12499b8c 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2000-11-10 Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> + + * gdb.texinfo: Document new 'set step-mode' command. + 2000-10-16 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> * gdb.texinfo (Contributors, MIPS Embedded): Minor spelling diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index f80462f0b53..4a09118050f 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -3323,6 +3323,23 @@ The @code{next} command only stops at the first instruction of a source line. This prevents multiple stops that could otherwise occur in switch statements, for loops, etc. +@kindex set step-mode +@item set step-mode +@cindex functions without line info, and stepping +@cindex stepping into functions with no line info +@itemx set step-mode on +The @code{set step-mode on} command causes the @code{step} command to to +stop at the first instruction of a function which contains no debug line +information rather than stepping over it. + +This is useful in cases where you may be interested in inspecting the assembly +language of a function which has no symbolic info and do not want @value{GDBN} +to automatically skip over this function. + +@item set step-mode off +Causes the step command to step over any functions which contains no +debug information. This is the default. + @kindex finish @item finish Continue running until just after function in the selected stack frame |