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This file documents <span class="sc">gdb</span>'s obsolete annotations.
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<h2 class="unnumbered">GDB Annotations</h2>
<p>This document describes the obsolete level two annotation interface
implemented in older <span class="sc">gdb</span> versions.
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<li><a accesskey="1" href="Annotations-Overview.html#Annotations-Overview">Annotations Overview</a>: What annotations are; the general syntax.
<li><a accesskey="2" href="Limitations.html#Limitations">Limitations</a>: Limitations of the annotation interface.
<li><a accesskey="3" href="Migrating-to-GDB_002fMI.html#Migrating-to-GDB_002fMI">Migrating to GDB/MI</a>: Migrating to GDB/MI
<li><a accesskey="4" href="Server-Prefix.html#Server-Prefix">Server Prefix</a>: Issuing a command without affecting user state.
<li><a accesskey="5" href="Value-Annotations.html#Value-Annotations">Value Annotations</a>: Values are marked as such.
<li><a accesskey="6" href="Frame-Annotations.html#Frame-Annotations">Frame Annotations</a>: Stack frames are annotated.
<li><a accesskey="7" href="Displays.html#Displays">Displays</a>: <span class="sc">gdb</span> can be told to display something periodically.
<li><a accesskey="8" href="Prompting.html#Prompting">Prompting</a>: Annotations marking <span class="sc">gdb</span>'s need for input.
<li><a accesskey="9" href="Errors.html#Errors">Errors</a>: Annotations for error messages.
<li><a href="Breakpoint-Info.html#Breakpoint-Info">Breakpoint Info</a>: Information on breakpoints.
<li><a href="Invalidation.html#Invalidation">Invalidation</a>: Some annotations describe things now invalid.
<li><a href="Annotations-for-Running.html#Annotations-for-Running">Annotations for Running</a>
Whether the program is running, how it stopped, etc.
<li><a href="Source-Annotations.html#Source-Annotations">Source Annotations</a>: Annotations describing source code.
<li><a href="Multi_002dthreaded-Apps.html#Multi_002dthreaded-Apps">Multi-threaded Apps</a>: An annotation that reports multi-threadedness.
<li><a href="GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html#GNU-Free-Documentation-License">GNU Free Documentation License</a>
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<h2>Table of Contents</h2>
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<li><a name="toc_Top" href="index.html#Top">GDB Annotations</a>
<li><a name="toc_Annotations-Overview" href="Annotations-Overview.html#Annotations-Overview">1 What is an Annotation?</a>
<li><a name="toc_Limitations" href="Limitations.html#Limitations">2 Limitations of the Annotation Interface</a>
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<li><a href="Limitations.html#Limitations">2.1 Dependant on <span class="sc">cli</span> output</a>
<li><a href="Limitations.html#Limitations">2.2 Scalability</a>
<li><a href="Limitations.html#Limitations">2.3 Correctness</a>
<li><a href="Limitations.html#Limitations">2.4 Reliability</a>
<li><a href="Limitations.html#Limitations">2.5 Maintainability</a>
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<li><a name="toc_Migrating-to-GDB_002fMI" href="Migrating-to-GDB_002fMI.html#Migrating-to-GDB_002fMI">3 Migrating to <span class="sc">gdb/mi</span></a>
<li><a name="toc_Server-Prefix" href="Server-Prefix.html#Server-Prefix">4 The Server Prefix</a>
<li><a name="toc_Value-Annotations" href="Value-Annotations.html#Value-Annotations">5 Values</a>
<li><a name="toc_Frame-Annotations" href="Frame-Annotations.html#Frame-Annotations">6 Frames</a>
<li><a name="toc_Displays" href="Displays.html#Displays">7 Displays</a>
<li><a name="toc_Prompting" href="Prompting.html#Prompting">8 Annotation for <span class="sc">gdb</span> Input</a>
<li><a name="toc_Errors" href="Errors.html#Errors">9 Errors</a>
<li><a name="toc_Breakpoint-Info" href="Breakpoint-Info.html#Breakpoint-Info">10 Information on Breakpoints</a>
<li><a name="toc_Invalidation" href="Invalidation.html#Invalidation">11 Invalidation Notices</a>
<li><a name="toc_Annotations-for-Running" href="Annotations-for-Running.html#Annotations-for-Running">12 Running the Program</a>
<li><a name="toc_Source-Annotations" href="Source-Annotations.html#Source-Annotations">13 Displaying Source</a>
<li><a name="toc_Multi_002dthreaded-Apps" href="Multi_002dthreaded-Apps.html#Multi_002dthreaded-Apps">14 Multi-threaded Applications</a>
<li><a name="toc_GNU-Free-Documentation-License" href="GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html#GNU-Free-Documentation-License">Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License</a>
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