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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2013-03-07 12:26:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2013-03-07 12:26:05 +0000 |
| commit | c71a03ac4a169da2c8dd6ef746ef01a600c22141 (patch) | |
| tree | e41d9f4ba760254516087784b1b73f0c6cdfd2c1 /gdb/utils.c | |
| parent | 01d6af77052d4842b3bbef718918a1d412daa1e1 (diff) | |
| download | gdb-c71a03ac4a169da2c8dd6ef746ef01a600c22141.tar.gz | |
* utils.c (initialize_utils): Improve doc strings of "set/show
width", "set/show height", and "set/show pagination".
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/utils.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/utils.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/utils.c b/gdb/utils.c index eb99f4b161e..6065d8221b3 100644 --- a/gdb/utils.c +++ b/gdb/utils.c @@ -2732,15 +2732,20 @@ void initialize_utils (void) { add_setshow_uinteger_cmd ("width", class_support, &chars_per_line, _("\ -Set number of characters gdb thinks are in a line."), _("\ -Show number of characters gdb thinks are in a line."), NULL, +Set number of characters where GDB should wrap lines of its output."), _("\ +Show number of characters where GDB should wrap lines of its output."), _("\ +This affects where GDB wraps its output to fit the screen width.\n\ +Setting this to zero prevents GDB from wrapping its output."), set_width_command, show_chars_per_line, &setlist, &showlist); add_setshow_uinteger_cmd ("height", class_support, &lines_per_page, _("\ -Set number of lines gdb thinks are in a page."), _("\ -Show number of lines gdb thinks are in a page."), NULL, +Set number of lines in a page for GDB output pagination."), _("\ +Show number of lines in a page for GDB output pagination."), _("\ +This affects the number of lines after which GDB will pause\n\ +its output and ask you whether to continue.\n\ +Setting this to zero causes GDB never pause during output."), set_height_command, show_lines_per_page, &setlist, &showlist); @@ -2749,8 +2754,11 @@ Show number of lines gdb thinks are in a page."), NULL, add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("pagination", class_support, &pagination_enabled, _("\ -Set state of pagination."), _("\ -Show state of pagination."), NULL, +Set state of GDB output pagination."), _("\ +Show state of GDB output pagination."), _("\ +When pagination is ON, GDB pauses at end of each screenful of\n\ +its output and asks you whether to continue.\n\ +Turning pagination off is an alternative to \"set height 0\"."), NULL, show_pagination_enabled, &setlist, &showlist); |