Re: font-lock in machine mode of gdba

[Masatake YAMATO]

>  > > I think it should at least be consistent with asm-mode where keywords 
> like
>  > > movl, andl, etc are fontified with font-lock-keyword-face and operands 
> and
>  > > registers are left unfontified.
>  > 
>  > I have changed both gdb-ui.el and asm-mode.el; and used the same face in 
> the
>  > both mode for the same object. Do you think operand fontification is too 
> decorative?
>  > 
>  > Now font-lock-mode is turn-on in gdb-assembler-mode when 
> global-font-lock-mode is 
>  > true. gdb-assembler-mode-hook is also provided. See the comments at the 
> tail of
>  > font-core.el.
> 
> I don't know if the operand fontification too decorative but is it logical?
> Should a register name have font-lock-variable-face and an address
> font-lock-constant-face? I don't use disassembly for debugging or code in
> assembler. Perhaps someone who does can comment.

I'm using disassembly for hacking and understanding glibc's
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 on i386.  (gdba is extremely useful.)  I feel my
definition is not so bad. The face usage is consistent with asm-mode.

BTW, What I really need is fontification on x/i commands output.

Masatake YAMATO