Re: [dsdp-dd-dev] Re: [cdt-dev] CDI-GDB features missing from the DSF-GD

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 08:52:32PM +0400, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> > > - make the console visible upon launching debug session
> > > - add (gdb) prompt. This makes the developer feel more at home.
> > > - tab-completion(I'm not sure this is available from the MI protocol).
> 
> It is not, and I don't think it's on anybody's agenda, but anybody motivated
> to do that should find this straightforward.

You should be able to implement tab completion using MI.

-interpreter-exec console "complete bre"
~"break\n"
^done
(gdb)

-interpreter-exec console "complete set "
~"set annotate\n"
~"set architecture\n"
~"set args\n"
~"set auto-solib-add\n"
...

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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