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- File Menu
- The standard file menu provides operations that affect the overall state
of GDB, mainly file operations, but other things as well.
- File...
- Lets you set the combined executable and symbol file that GDB will use.
(Like the
gdb
command `file'.)
- Target...
- Brings up a dialog that you can use to connect GDB to a target program.
The dialog is described in more depth later.
(Like the
gdb
command `target'.)
- Edit...
- Starts up an editor to modify the source file being displayed.
- Exec File...
- Lets you set the executable file that GDB will use.
(Like the
gdb
command `exec-file'.)
- Symbol File...
- Lets you set the symbol file that GDB will use.
(Like the
gdb
command `symbol-file'.)
- Add Symbol File...
- Lets you add additional symbol files.
(Like the
gdb
command `add-symbol-file'.)
- Core File...
- Lets you set the core file that GDB will use.
(Like the
gdb
command `core-file'.)
- Shared Libraries...
- (Like the
gdb
command `sharedlibrary'.)
- Quit
- Quits GDB.
(Like the
gdb
command `quit'.)
- Options Menu
- The Options Menu is different for each window, showing the viewing
options available within that window. In the Source Window, for
example, one of the options is whether to display line numbers.
- Window Menu
- The Window Menu allows access to all the windows available in GDB.
The first part of the menu lists all of the predefined individual
windows. If the window exists already, its item will be marked as such;
selecting the item will cause the window to be put in front if it is
obscured. If the window does not exist, then it will be created.
The second part of the menu lists additional windows that you may have
created, such as source windows or variable displays.
Selections on this menu include:
- Command
- Source
- Assembly
- Registers
- Variables
- Files
- any other windows you have open
- Help Menu
- The Help Menu includes access to GDB's online help.
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