Re: gdb-ui can't handle mutiple debugging sessions

[Miles Bader]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 01:32:57AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> >> I have always found the best way to run two debugging sessions at the
> >> same time is to run two versions of Emacs.  Whats the problem with this
> >> approach?
> 
> I do all my work in a single Emacs session.  Having to start a new
> instance would mean not being able to share buffers and various history
> lists, for example.

Yes.  Requiring multiple emacs sessions is as best a poor workaround for
grotty code; sometimes it's a necessary for whatever reason, but it's almost
never desirable.

-Miles
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