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| <h2 class="appendix">Appendix B Formatting Documentation</h2> |
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| <a name="index-GDB-reference-card"></a> |
| <a name="index-reference-card"></a> |
| <p>The <small>GDB</small> 4 release includes an already-formatted reference card, ready |
| for printing with PostScript or Ghostscript, in the <samp>gdb</samp> |
| subdirectory of the main source directory<a name="DOCF18" href="#FOOT18"><sup>18</sup></a>. If you can use PostScript or Ghostscript with your printer, |
| you can print the reference card immediately with <samp>refcard.ps</samp>. |
| </p> |
| <p>The release also includes the source for the reference card. You |
| can format it, using TeX, by typing: |
| </p> |
| <div class="smallexample"> |
| <pre class="smallexample">make refcard.dvi |
| </pre></div> |
| |
| <p>The <small>GDB</small> reference card is designed to print in <em>landscape</em> |
| mode on US “letter” size paper; |
| that is, on a sheet 11 inches wide by 8.5 inches |
| high. You will need to specify this form of printing as an option to |
| your <small>DVI</small> output program. |
| </p> |
| <a name="index-documentation"></a> |
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| <p>All the documentation for <small>GDB</small> comes as part of the machine-readable |
| distribution. The documentation is written in Texinfo format, which is |
| a documentation system that uses a single source file to produce both |
| on-line information and a printed manual. You can use one of the Info |
| formatting commands to create the on-line version of the documentation |
| and TeX (or <code>texi2roff</code>) to typeset the printed version. |
| </p> |
| <p><small>GDB</small> includes an already formatted copy of the on-line Info |
| version of this manual in the <samp>gdb</samp> subdirectory. The main Info |
| file is <samp>gdb-7.10.0.20151009-cvs/gdb/gdb.info</samp>, and it refers to |
| subordinate files matching ‘<samp>gdb.info*</samp>’ in the same directory. If |
| necessary, you can print out these files, or read them with any editor; |
| but they are easier to read using the <code>info</code> subsystem in <small>GNU</small> |
| Emacs or the standalone <code>info</code> program, available as part of the |
| <small>GNU</small> Texinfo distribution. |
| </p> |
| <p>If you want to format these Info files yourself, you need one of the |
| Info formatting programs, such as <code>texinfo-format-buffer</code> or |
| <code>makeinfo</code>. |
| </p> |
| <p>If you have <code>makeinfo</code> installed, and are in the top level |
| <small>GDB</small> source directory (<samp>gdb-7.10.0.20151009-cvs</samp>, in the case of |
| version 7.10.0.20151009-cvs), you can make the Info file by typing: |
| </p> |
| <div class="smallexample"> |
| <pre class="smallexample">cd gdb |
| make gdb.info |
| </pre></div> |
| |
| <p>If you want to typeset and print copies of this manual, you need TeX, |
| a program to print its <small>DVI</small> output files, and <samp>texinfo.tex</samp>, the |
| Texinfo definitions file. |
| </p> |
| <p>TeX is a typesetting program; it does not print files directly, but |
| produces output files called <small>DVI</small> files. To print a typeset |
| document, you need a program to print <small>DVI</small> files. If your system |
| has TeX installed, chances are it has such a program. The precise |
| command to use depends on your system; <kbd>lpr -d</kbd> is common; another |
| (for PostScript devices) is <kbd>dvips</kbd>. The <small>DVI</small> print command may |
| require a file name without any extension or a ‘<samp>.dvi</samp>’ extension. |
| </p> |
| <p>TeX also requires a macro definitions file called |
| <samp>texinfo.tex</samp>. This file tells TeX how to typeset a document |
| written in Texinfo format. On its own, TeX cannot either read or |
| typeset a Texinfo file. <samp>texinfo.tex</samp> is distributed with GDB |
| and is located in the <samp>gdb-<var>version-number</var>/texinfo</samp> |
| directory. |
| </p> |
| <p>If you have TeX and a <small>DVI</small> printer program installed, you can |
| typeset and print this manual. First switch to the <samp>gdb</samp> |
| subdirectory of the main source directory (for example, to |
| <samp>gdb-7.10.0.20151009-cvs/gdb</samp>) and type: |
| </p> |
| <div class="smallexample"> |
| <pre class="smallexample">make gdb.dvi |
| </pre></div> |
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| <p>Then give <samp>gdb.dvi</samp> to your <small>DVI</small> printing program. |
| </p> |
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| <h4 class="footnotes-heading">Footnotes</h4> |
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| <h3><a name="FOOT18" href="#DOCF18">(18)</a></h3> |
| <p>In |
| <samp>gdb-7.10.0.20151009-cvs/gdb/refcard.ps</samp> of the version 7.10.0.20151009-cvs |
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