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Editing starts at the source file and source line +<code>locspec</code> resolves to. +See <a href="Location-Specifications.html#Location-Specifications">Location Specifications</a>, for all the possible forms of the +<var>locspec</var> argument. +</p> +<p>If <code>locspec</code> resolves to more than one source line in your +program, then the command prints the list of resolved source lines and +does not proceed with the editing. +</p> +<p>Here are the forms of the <code>edit</code> command most commonly used: +</p> +<dl compact="compact"> +<dt><code>edit <var>number</var></code></dt> +<dd><p>Edit the current source file with <var>number</var> as the active line number. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>edit <var>function</var></code></dt> +<dd><p>Edit the file containing <var>function</var> at the beginning of its definition. +</p></dd> +</dl> + +</dd> +</dl> + +<a name="Choosing-your-Editor"></a> +<h4 class="subsection">9.3.1 Choosing your Editor</h4> +<p>You can customize <small>GDB</small> to use any editor you want +<a name="DOCF10" href="#FOOT10"><sup>10</sup></a>. +By default, it is <samp>/bin/ex</samp>, but you can change this +by setting the environment variable <code>EDITOR</code> before using +<small>GDB</small>. For example, to configure <small>GDB</small> to use the +<code>vi</code> editor, you could use these commands with the <code>sh</code> shell: +</p><div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample">EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi +export EDITOR +gdb … +</pre></div> +<p>or in the <code>csh</code> shell, +</p><div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample">setenv EDITOR /usr/bin/vi +gdb … +</pre></div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<hr> +<h4 class="footnotes-heading">Footnotes</h4> + +<h3><a name="FOOT10" href="#DOCF10">(10)</a></h3> +<p>The only restriction is that your editor (say <code>ex</code>), recognizes the +following command-line syntax: +</p><div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample">ex +<var>number</var> file +</pre></div> +<p>The optional numeric value +<var>number</var> specifies the number of the line in +the file where to start editing.</p> +</div> +<hr> +<div class="header"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Search.html#Search" accesskey="n" rel="next">Search</a>, Previous: <a href="Location-Specifications.html#Location-Specifications" accesskey="p" rel="previous">Location Specifications</a>, Up: <a href="Source.html#Source" accesskey="u" rel="up">Source</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> +</div> + + + +</body> +</html> |