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startup messages mask important info

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From: Stephen Gildea
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 16:10
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Gdb (version 3.5) prints so much stuff when it starts up (no warrenty,
copying permissions, arg processing messages, help message) that if
there is anything unexpected there (e.g., "no such file"), the user
may not notice it.

Yes, I know about -q, but I don't want to have to type it every time.
An option in .gdbinit to suppress the version messages would be nice,
but I want to propose something more universally helpful:

Move the "type help" message up with the rest of the standard messages.

Sounds simple enough, but it would make the important stuff, the lines
that change from run to run, easier to find.  Currently they are
sandwiched between chaff and hard to pick out quickly.

For even better scanning, indent the last line of the standard
messages (now the help message) two spaces--or skip a line after it.

 < Stephen
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Subject: startup messages mask important info
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