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Common menus for the GDB GUI

There are four menus common to all except the Expressions window: File, Options, Window and Help.

File menu

The File menu (Figure 5) appears in the Command, Source, Assembly, Auto Command and Breakpoints windows.

Figure 5: File menu

- File...
  Displays a dialog for selecting the combined executable and symbol file. Similar to the GDB ‘file’ command.
- Target...
  Displays a dialog for selecting the debugging target. Similar to the GDB ‘target’ command. [Not yet implemented.]
- Edit
  Starts up an editor to modify the current source file.
- ExecFile...
  Displays a dialog for loading an executable file. Similar to the GDB ‘exec-file’ command.
- Symbol File...
  Displays a dialog for loading a symbol file. Similar to the GDB ‘symbol-file’ command.
- Add Symbol File...
  Displays a dialog for additional symbol files. Similar to the GDB ‘add-symbol-file’ command.
- Core File...
  Displays a dialog for loading the core file. Similar to the GDB ‘core-file’ command.
- Close
  Closes the program that you are debugging.
- Quit
  Quits GDB. (This menu option is like the GDB command, ‘quit’.)

Options menu

The Options menus have different functionality for each window. See descriptions for Command window Options menu, Source window Options menu, Assembly window Options menu, Registers window Options menu, Auto Command window Options menu and Breakpoints window Options menu. The Expressions window has no options to implement.

Window menu

The Window menu (Figure 6) appears in the Command, Source, Assembly, Auto Command and Breakpoints windows and provides access to all GDB windows.

Figure 6: Window menu

- Command
  Activates the Command window.
- Source
  Activates the Source window.
- Assembly
  Activates the Assembly window.
- Registers
  Activates the Registers window.
- Expressions
  Activates the Expressions window.
- Auto Command
  Activates the Auto Command window.
- Breakpoint
  Displays the Breakpoints window.

Help menu

The Help menu (Figure 7) in the Command, Source, Assembly, Auto Command and Breakpoint windows, provides access to GDB online help. For more on the basic structure of help, see Getting Help.

Figure 7: Help menu

- with GDBtk
  For help with Tcl/Tk for using the GDB GUI. [Not yet implemented.]
- with this window
  For help with the Command window. [Not yet implemented.]
- Report bug
  Launches the PRMS reporting tool. For help with using problem reports, see How to Contact Cygnus Solutions in Introduction in Getting Started with GNUPro Toolkit and Reporting Problems in GNUPro Advanced Topics.