From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27388 invoked by alias); 20 Oct 2005 11:50:17 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 27361 invoked by uid 22791); 20 Oct 2005 11:50:14 -0000 Received: from eastrmmtao06.cox.net (HELO eastrmmtao06.cox.net) (68.230.240.33) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:50:14 +0000 Received: from white ([68.9.64.121]) by eastrmmtao06.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20051020114936.NUUC21663.eastrmmtao06.cox.net@white>; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 07:49:36 -0400 Received: from bob by white with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1ESYvd-0000KC-00; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 07:49:49 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:50:00 -0000 From: Bob Rossi To: Stefan Burstr?m Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: -break-list output format Message-ID: <20051020114949.GA1073@white> Mail-Followup-To: Stefan Burstr?m , gdb@sources.redhat.com References: <17239.31877.235072.734864@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <344b4acc3d9.10ed0489@mail.m.bonet.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <344b4acc3d9.10ed0489@mail.m.bonet.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-SW-Source: 2005-10/txt/msg00114.txt.bz2 > Well, it includes a table header etc.If I want to build a table of the > output in my program I would of course just parse the output and build my > own tables with headers, labels etc. > > For example, -file-list-exec-source-files just lists each file in a tuple. > But -break-list tells me the widh and height of the output etc. And I wonder > if I need to use it or if I can just skip the table header info. Finally, I > was just curious to know why the break-list output was done this way when > all other commands are more 'raw' in nature. Well, I think it's a legacy issue. The table (with headers) has been around for a long time. Long before MI was invented. So, I'm guessing the writer of -break-list decided it would be good to keep that information. You can ignore it if you choose. Bob Rossi