Re: new-ui, the console, and synchronization by the front end

On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 04:42:04PM +0100, Pedro Alves wrote:
> On 4/11/20 3:36 PM, Bob Rossi wrote:
> > - Can CGDB hook into gdb to run commands between
> >   the user console commands? (For instance, 'up' in gdb doesn't
> >   produce an mi async command to tell you the source file
> >   position has changed. Annotate=1 will alert you of this.
> >   So CGDB may want to run -file-list-exec-source-file
> >   between each user command to get the new file position.)
> 
> Maybe you're using an old GDB.  Current GDB emits a =thread-selected
> async notification in response to "up", and that notification
> includes information about the current frame and source file
> position.

Hi Pedro,

I really appreciate the responses, very helpful!

The only remaining question I have is about preventing
the user from running more than one command at a time.

The only way I know to do that is to intercept each of the
commands a user sends and queue them in CGDB itself.
Then to use prompt annotations using annotate=2 or 3
to determine when the next command is ready by GDB.

Does anyone know of another way to accomplish this?

Thanks,
Bob Rossi