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The GUD (Grand Unified Debugger) library provides an Emacs interface to a wide variety of symbolic debuggers. It can run the GNU Debugger (GDB), as well as DBX, SDB, XDB, Perl’s debugging mode, the Python debugger PDB, and the Java Debugger JDB.

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How to turn off *input/output* buffer in gud

I recently switched to using GNU Emacs 24 from 23, and I notice that whenever I enter gud the *input/output* buffer is open. I have close it manually with C-x 0 everytime I debug. Can anyone point me to the correct variable which needs to be…
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Using ipdb with emacs' gud without explicit breakpoints in code

I'm using python.el If I choose 'debugger' from the menu, and enter 'python -m pdb myfile.py', gud starts, and in a split frame I see the (Pdb) prompt in one, and my python code in the other with a caret on the first line, indicating that it's ready…
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Making filenames/line numbers linkable in Emacs gud buffer

I'm running pdb on my testcases in Python through the gud buffer. When I get a stacktrace/failure in my testcase, it looks like this: FAIL: test_foo_function…
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how do i hook commands sent to pdb through gud?

i've started using pdb through gud in emacs 23.3, how can i hook command messages sent to the debugger from the buffer? i wrote the advice below for use with gdb, in order to persist comint's ring, but can't find an equivalent function to hook for…
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How to fix "stack overflow in regexp matcher" in emacs

I'm a big fan of Emacs, and use it a lot, especially while programming and debugging (using gud) (C/C++). Recently I had to debug a program (rather simple but that compute on a lot of data (Graph Theory)), but I had a rather annoying problem.…
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Emacs/GDB: always display source in specific window with gdb-many-windows

I use GDB in Emacs 24 with gdb-many-windows set to t, usually in its own frame. I like to have a separate editing frame. It looks like this (apologies for my crude ASCII diagram): +-------------+-------------+ | gdb | locals …
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Setting up gdb's environment when running it through emacs

I have a program that I'd like to debug with gdb via emacs. In order to run development versions of this program, I have a shell script that I can source that sets up the calling environment to see the right libraries, etc. What I can't sort out is…
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Using gdb in Emacs 23

I am trying to move from Emacs v22.3.1 to v23.1.1 and all was going well until I tried to run gdb using gud inside Emacs. When I do meta-x gdb and give a command of 'gdb /my/executable/here' the window comes up fine, but when I type a command at the…
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Is it a button or a tab on headers in Emacs gdb-many-windows-mode?

Some of the windows have clickable buttons or tabs on header in gdb-many-windows-mode such as 'Locals/Registers' or 'Breakpoints/Threads'. Are they tabs? Can I add new one next to them?
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emacs gud window use

How do I customize which window GUD will use when i issue commands - 'up', 'down', etc ? It seems to use an arbitrary window, sometimes even the window with gdb in it - I want to be able to specify a specific window to be used.
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Emacs gud raising prefix key error

I'm trying to debug code in Emacs but when I try either M-x gdb or M-x pdb, I get this error: global-set-key: Key sequence C-x C-a C-l starts with non-prefix key C-x C-a This is most likely coming from this bit in gud.el: (defcustom gud-key-prefix…
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emacs 24 gud-mi gdb questions

I am having niggling issues using Emacs v24's gud-mi interface with gdb. I hope someone here can help me out, Google hasn't been much help (probably because of very generic terms) I use gdb in Emacs thusly: gdb -i=mi --annotate=0 Questions: 1) One…
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emacs gdb tab-completes directory with space instead of /

When I run gdb within emacs (with M-x gdb) and I try to tab-complete directory names, it completes with a space instead of a slash. So, for example: (gdb) run/mn tab-completes to (gdb) run /mnt  when it should tab-complete to (gdb) run /mnt/ If I…
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Emacs GDB ReRun Behaviour

I would like the command gdb on program X to instead switch to an existing debugging session of X if it already exists instead of signalling an error "This program is already being debugged" in gud-common-init. I believe this is important as it…
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Is there a way to clear gud's (gdb's) *input/output* buffer for a re-run?

I'm recently started to use emacs gdb debugger but I can't find a way to clear *input/output* buffer for a re-run. emacs simply prints the output after the previous one!
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