How to develop a non-gdb debugger for DDD?

[Felix Yuan]

Hi,

I'm developing a debugger and wanna use DDD as its GUI. I have found a post (http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/ddd/2001-10/msg00015.html) and it said

"If the debugger is derived from gdb, and its command structure stayed the same, then all you have do is to start it up:ddd --debugger <debugger> --gdb. "

 

My debugger is not derived from gdb. But if I make its command structrue the same with gdb, will it work? If yes, how should I design its command structrue? Is there any document about interfaces and infrastructure of command-line debuggers such as gdb?

 

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

Felix