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Article #10189startup messages mask important info
From: Stephen Gildea
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 16:10
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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f5053,a9219a21d6a4c35b,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf5053,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-03-02 08:10:08 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ALEXANDER.BBN.COM!gildea From: gildea@ALEXANDER.BBN.COM (Stephen Gildea) Newsgroups: gnu.gdb.bug Subject: startup messages mask important info Message-ID: <9003021611.AA12995@life.ai.mit.edu> Date: 2 Mar 90 16:10:08 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 19 Posted: Fri Mar 2 17:10:08 1990