Start emacs-gdb from command line?

Question

I like emacs's gdb mode a lot better than GDB's command line or TUI modes, but there are some programs that want a "debugger command line" program that it can take and run in an environment it sets up.

I'm wondering if there's a simple way to make emacs pop up in gdb mode using a command line substitute for gdb.

Thanks in advance.

rzan · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-13 21:03:31Z

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Put this in your .bashrc:

gdbtool () { emacs --eval "(gdb \"gdb --annotate=3 $*\")";}

Then you can run "gdbtool programToDebug"

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answered May 13, 2011 at 21:03

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cdleary Over a year ago

Great! Do you happen to know how to pass it arguments to run with as well? I started a gist: gist.github.com/971442

vpit3833 Over a year ago

Is there such a way to start gdb? I would start it as given in the answer, then, pass the program's command line arguments to gdb's run command. Or, sometimes use set args and then simply do run.

rzan Over a year ago

@cdleary: gdbtool() { emacs --eval "(gdb --annotate=3; --args $* \")";}

rzan Over a year ago

And just pass arguments after your program name as if you were running your program. Like "gdbtool foo 1 2 3 blah blah"

thoni56 Over a year ago

And if you are running a more modern emacs/gdb and/or are getting funny output at the start, try "-i=mi" instead of older "--annotate=3".

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