Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] MI: Add new command -complete
Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]>
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> From: Jan Vrany <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:09:33 +0000 > > > > 1) Completion CLI is AFAIK implemented using readline which has problems > > > working over pipes. Actually, I never got CLI working satisfactorily > > > on Windows even when I just run GDB "normally" from Windows command shell (`cmd.exe`), > > > let alone over pipes or alike. > > > > Curious. AFAIK native Windows gdb over cmd.exe should work fine. > > Maybe I just don't know how to compile it properly. I have just compiled > fresh c3734e093aab1ce from git (only with this patch > https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2018-10/msg00614.html to make it compile > with Python 3) using using MSYS2 MINGW64 toolchain on Windows 10. > This is the exact configure command: > > bash ../configure --build=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --disable-werror --with-guile=no --with-python=C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\python3 --enable-targets="i686-w64-mingw32,x86_64-w64-mingw32" > > Completion by tab seem to work. > > Backspace practially does not, it deletes the character in the line > buffer (presumably) but not on the screen. Instead, it moves the caret > one character on the right. Therefore what use see on the screen is not > what it sent to GDB when she presses enter. > > Moving cursor by left arrow followed by typing has similar issues. > Same for delete. Same for pressing Ctrl-R for searching the history. How did you invoke GDB from cmd.exe, to make these problems appear? Can you show your exact invocation command line?