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Re: Using gdb (windows popping up)


From: Noam Postavsky
Subject: Re: Using gdb (windows popping up)
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2019 15:33:03 -0400

On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 at 15:27, jonetsu <jonetsu@teksavvy.com> wrote:

> Yes, I've seen that the manual advises to uses M-x gdb in a distinct
> frame.  The problem with this is that while debugging I can consult
> other non-gdb buffers, sometimes for a while, before doing the next
> debugger step.  Doing this on Linux switching to a different desktop is
> easy, although I still prefer to have one emacs session where all the
> files are, and not two of them.

(I have no opinion on the gdb-many-windows settings, but) you seem to
be conflating frames with "sessions" or "instances". A single Emacs
instance/session can have multiple frames, i.e., it's the same set of
buffers, variables, etc.



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