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Emacs Mode for GDB
A graphical user interface is an essential part of any modern debugger. This mode provides one, without losing the power of Emacs.
Richard Stallman is the original author of both Emacs and GDB, and at the start of the GNU Project, both programs were distributed on the same tape. Each program has become more complex and now has its own repositories, developers and mailing lists. However, there is a natural relationship between the editor and the debugger, and the mode I have described here tries to re-inforce this idea.
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Regarding Emacs's steep learning curve
I exclusively use Emacs for text editing for more than 7 years, but yet, I am amazed how difficult it is to get the basic things working. So much so that I wonder if there is another better text editor that all others are using behind my back and leave Emacs in its historic state.
(1)
I used both Emacs and XEmacs on Linux and on Windows. Recently, I was spending many hours trying to get XEmacs on Windows to always produce Windows text file format, but I couldn't find documentation with a solution that worked.
On Linux, I can do this:
C-x RET c iso-8859-1-dos C-x C-f msdos.txt
But on Windows, I haven't found out what I need to do to make iso-8859-1-dos available to me.
(2) I spent hours trying to find out how to stop Emacs from producing the file.txt~ backup files.
(3) I haven't found out how to stop Emacs from complaining about the absence of an ending-newline character. (I might have turned it on to try it out but forgot where I did that.)
I guess, in general, Emacs has so many features that I love, but why this editor has to cause so much wasted hours for things that supposedly are so easy to accomplish? In this regards, Emacs is still failing to be a pure productivity tool.
Please enlighten me if you know the answer to the above questions and also direct me to the right direction so that I won't be "so miserable" continually wasting time trying to "fix Emacs." Is my problem dued to me not having read a book about the Emacs editor? Or is my problem an isolated one that nobody else has to face?
Thanks,
Daniel.
Emacs help
(1) (Problem to choose line endings in XEmacs on Windows.)
XEmacs comes in two variants, with Mule or without Mule. I believe that the Windows port is only available in the without-Mule variant. The C-x RET c command (like the other C-x RET commands) is something specific to Mule.
Generally speaking, you are comparing Emacs on GNU/Linux with XEmacs on Windows, and that is partly a comparison of GNU/Linux to Windows, but it is also to a significant degree a comparison of Emacs with XEmacs.
(2) (How to turn off backup files?)
Apropos is your friend. Try M-x apropos RET backup RET. It gives a list of considerable length, but the variable make-backup-files is amongst them. Note that M-x apropos RET and C-h a are two different things. Further note that make-backup-files exists in Emacs, but I'm not sure about XEmacs.
Perhaps you will like the backup-directory-alist variable? That way you can gather backup files in a central directory.
(3) (Emacs complains about missing newline at end of file.)
Apropos, once again, is your friend. M-x apropos RET newline RET and you will see the variable require-final-newline (or is it newlines?).
Does this (or apropos, your friend :-) help?
Kai
I hope they fix the icons
I hope they fix the icons before the 21.4 release. It seems a bit ridiculous to click "go" and "stop" to set and delete break points. Couldn't they have just created new icons? Heck, here's one they could use:
ppmmake darkgreen 32 32 | ppmlabel -color black -text "set" > set.ppmWhile this isn't as big of a human--computer interface blunder as AfterStep's decision to use the recycle bin to logout, I don't want to be apologizing when I'm helping people learn emacs & gdb.
By the way, this mode, especially the "watch expressions" feature, is something I'm very happy to see in the default Emacs. It's always been possible, but now it's easy.
--Ben
Re: I hope they fix the icons
I agree that the "stop" and "go" are ambiguous. When they were created
it was not possible to create/delete a breakpoint by clicking on the
fringe. Maybe they're not necessary and could be removed now.
Toolbar icons should try to be internationally meaningful. The "stop" icon uses a road sign shape that is used in many countries. The example
that you offer might be meaningful to you but probably wouldn't make
much sense to a user in Thailand, say.
You don't need to apologise to people for the shortcomings of Emacs,
just point out it provide an opportunity to contribute something better. Emacs badly needs a graphic designer. Finding one that is
computer literate and willing to give up his time is not easy.
Anyway, thanks for the feedback.
Nick
I agree that the "stop" and "
I agree that the "stop" and "go" are ambiguous. When they were created
it was not possible to create/delete a breakpoint by clicking on the
fringe. Maybe they're not necessary and could be removed now.
Toolbar icons should try to be internationally meaningful. The "stop" icon uses a road sign shape that is used in many countries. The example
that you offer might be meaningful to you but probably wouldn't make
much sense to a user in Thailand, say.
You don't need to apologise to people for the shortcomings of Emacs,
just point out it provide an opportunity to contribute something better. Emacs badly needs a graphic designer. Finding one that is
computer literate and willing to give up his time is not easy.
Anyway, thanks for the feedback.
Nick
Ummm. . . DDD
Doesn't DDD exist any more? That's a great GUI for a wide variety of debuggers, including perl,java and ever since I started using it in the mid '90s, GDB.
James
Re: Ummm...DDD
DDD is an excellent front-end, and another example of one that requires
a separate editor. However, the article was not intended as a review
of front ends to GDB.