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Full GDB Console

Controlling GDB through the command-line from within Eclipse has long been a very poor experience. With new support in GDB 7.12, it is now much easier for CDT to provide a full-featured GDB console. This feature is planned for CDT 9.2 for Linux hosts.

Features of full GDB console

The full GDB console provides the user with an identical GDB command-line experience as if GDB was started on a shell

Command history
Line editing
Tab-completion
Smart command repeating
Full synchronization with the Eclipse GUI

Current status

Development is on-going. The following bugzilla entries and Gerrit reviews are part of this effort:

Things to work on

We sometime hit a deadlock when closing the "Debugger console" view and then launching a process using the full console

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 # [http://eclip.se/303808  Bug 303808 - Debug console lacks many important features] Patch at https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/77986
 # [http://eclip.se/497166  Bug 497166 - Support the user using the 'run' command in the gdb console] Patch at https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/76462
-# [http://eclip.se/497167  Bug 497167 - Direct IO to an eclipse console for a new process created directly from the gdb console] Patch at https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/76462
+# [http://eclip.se/497167  Bug 497167 - Direct IO to an eclipse console for a new process created directly from the gdb console] Patch (same as above) at https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/76462
+=== Things to work on ===
+# We sometime hit a deadlock when closing the "Debugger console" view and then launching a process using the full console

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