28 gdb Annotations

This chapter describes annotations in gdb. Annotations were designed to interface gdb to graphical user interfaces or other similar programs which want to interact with gdb at a relatively high level.

The annotation mechanism has largely been superseded by gdb/mi (see GDB/MI).

• Annotations Overview: What annotations are; the general syntax.
• Server Prefix: Issuing a command without affecting user state.
• Prompting: Annotations marking gdb's need for input.
• Errors: Annotations for error messages.
• Invalidation: Some annotations describe things now invalid.
• Annotations for Running Whether the program is running, how it stopped, etc.
• Source Annotations: Annotations describing source code.