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From: jhunter AT kendaco DOT telebyte DOT com (Joel Hunter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: GDB 4.14 soon to be released
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 15:27:47 GMT
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junaid AT silas DOT cc DOT monash DOT edu DOT au (Mr A. Walker) wrote:

>	Hello,
>	I have finished making changes from V4.12 to V4.14. Gdb 
>*seems* to work reliably. 
[SNIP]
>	Good news for graphics debugging; i've made some changes to gdb
>to make it call a debugge function *before* printing anything on the
>screen, so gdb will then automatically switch between graphics and
>text modes, without trashing either screen. (works well with my sprite
>library:- you might have to roll some code of your own).

  Good news?  This is *FANTASTIC* news.  Which video-modes is
currently able to preserve?   Is the video-memory-preservation done
with a stand-alone function, say, one function for each mode (or
mode-type?)  I ask so that maybe people who know nothing about
debuggers (me) but know something about graphics could make Gdb aware
of other video-modes as well (mode-X.) 

>	Anyway DJ will get all the nitty-gritties once i'm happy that things
>are stable and complete. Hopefully there is no need to put a 'code freeze'
>on gdb for DJGPP, as i dont think anyone else is working on it. Anyone
>(echo....echo...)?

>Junaid

  I can't wait.  Kudos is due, Junaid.