Re: lisp/progmodes/gdb-ui.el

[Sam Steingold]

Nick Roberts wrote:
>  > GNU Emacs 22.0.92.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
>  >   of 2006-12-28 on quant8
>  > 
>  > the latest lisp/progmodes/gdb-ui.el leads to the following error:
>  > 
>  > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Unexpected `starting' annotation")
>  >    signal(error ("Unexpected `starting' annotation"))
>  >    error("Unexpected `starting' annotation")
>  >    gdb-starting("")
>  >    gud-gdba-marker-filter("\npost-prompt\n\nstarting\n")
>  >    apply(gud-gdba-marker-filter "\npost-prompt\n\nstarting\n")
>  >    gud-marker-filter("\npost-prompt\n\nstarting\n")
>  >    gud-filter(#<process gud> "\npost-prompt\n\nstarting\n")
>  > 
>  > as soon as start the program with "run" and I am stopped at a
>  > breakpoint, and I type "n": instead of the program doing "next", I see
>  > the list of breakpoints (as if by "info break") and the above error.
>
> It works for me so I can't infer much from this report.  Can you say which
> version of gdb-ui.el this is and whether it worked with an earlier one?

current version is 1.194, I got it yesterday (Thursday) and it does not 
work.
the previous version did work, I used it on Wednesday (and I got it on 
Tuesday).

> Also, I think there must be something particular about your program.
> Can you work out what it is?

like what?

> Note that gdb-ui.el lists known bugs.  One says:
>   3) M-x gdb doesn't work with "run" command in .gdbinit, use M-x gdba instead.

I have "run" in "define"d commands, see
http://clisp.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/clisp/clisp/src/.gdbinit
it did not prevent the previous version from working