Re: Using gdb (windows popping up)

[Óscar Fuentes]

jonetsu <jonetsu@teksavvy.com> writes:

> On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:36:08 +0200
> Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> wrote:
>
>> There is a huge difference. A new Emacs instance does not share state
>> with other instances.
>> 
>> A frame is just what in modern GUI terminology is known as a toplevel
>> window, or what most users call a window. An Emacs instance can have
>> multiple frames, just like the same Firefox or LibreOffice instance
>> can have multiple windows.
>
> Yes, but for all user/practical purposes it is another instance

Emphatically: no.

> in the
> sense that another 'app' is popping up showing the source code, hiding
> the other emacs beneath it, while the gdb interactive buffer remains in
> this 'other app' underneath.

Even if what you see is everything that counts for you, the definition
of "instance" that you use is not correct, because you can change what
you see on frame1 while operating from frame2.