Re: M-x gdb : showing args

[Óscar Fuentes]

jonetsu <jonetsu@teksavvy.com> writes:

> When doing a 'show args' when using gdb in emacs (M-x gdb) the args are
> prefixed by that string:
>
> "Argument list to give program being debugged when it is started is
> [...]"
>
> Is it possible to not have this rather useless presentation string and
> go immediately the args ?  If not, the frame has to be expanded in
> order to view what are the actual args, which is not as nice as seeing
> them directly after doing 'show args'.

That rather useless presentation string comes form gdb itself. Try it on
a shell.

AFAIU emacs merely sends the commands you type to gdb and prints its
response.