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diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/gdb-mi.el b/lisp/progmodes/gdb-mi.el index 5ad101df7bf..d243650d73a 100644 --- a/lisp/progmodes/gdb-mi.el +++ b/lisp/progmodes/gdb-mi.el @@ -673,14 +673,18 @@ NOARG must be t when this macro is used outside `gud-def'" ;;;###autoload (defun gdb (command-line) - "Run gdb on program FILE in buffer *gud-FILE*. -The directory containing FILE becomes the initial working directory -and source-file directory for your debugger. - -COMMAND-LINE is the shell command for starting the gdb session. -It should be a string consisting of the name of the gdb -executable followed by command line options. The command line -options should include \"-i=mi\" to use gdb's MI text interface. + "Run gdb passing it COMMAND-LINE as arguments. + +If COMMAND-LINE names a program FILE to debug, gdb will run in +a buffer named *gud-FILE*, and the directory containing FILE +becomes the initial working directory and source-file directory +for your debugger. +If COMMAND-LINE requests that gdb attaches to a process PID, gdb +will run in *gud-PID*, otherwise it will run in *gud*; in these +cases the initial working directory is the default-directory of +the buffer in which this command was invoked. + +COMMAND-LINE should include \"-i=mi\" to use gdb's MI text interface. Note that the old \"--annotate\" option is no longer supported. If option `gdb-many-windows' is nil (the default value) then gdb just |