Re: error in process filter: gdb-starting: Unexpected `starting' annotation

[Nick Roberts]

 > Then I opened foo.c with emacs and started gdb from within emacs.
 > I put a breakpoint on line 5, and started running.  After it hit
 > the breakpoint, I typed step.  Then I held down return to step
 > through a bunch more lines.  I got some error messages like this:
 > 
 > error in process filter: gdb-starting: Unexpected `starting' annotation
 > error in process filter: Unexpected `starting' annotation

I tried this but couldn't get it to fail.  In the past it did fail in this way
more often.  If GDB is running when Emacs has more input to send, it thinks
this is input for the program being debugged and not another GDB command, and
so sends it immediately instead of queuing it.  It can only be avoided by using
a separate terminal for program output which will be the case when we move to
GDB/MI after the release.  The only advice I can give you is "Don't do that.".
It's somewhat lame, but I find that clicking mouse-3 in the fringe useful for
advancing to where I want.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob