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Document style behavior in batch mode.

Message ID E82D0F96-74D5-4297-AB9D-A870619A69E9@arm.com
State New
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Alan Hayward Feb. 21, 2019, 6:26 p.m. UTC 
> On 21 Feb 2019, at 15:11, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
>> From: Alan Hayward <Alan.Hayward@arm.com>
>> CC: nd <nd@arm.com>, Alan Hayward <Alan.Hayward@arm.com>
>> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:23:44 +0000
>> 
>> Style is disabled when running in batch mode.
>> 
>> gdb/ChangeLog:
>> 
>> 2019-02-21  Alan Hayward  <alan.hayward@arm.com>
>> 
>> 	* NEWS: Update style defaults.
>> 
>> gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
>> 
>> 2019-02-21  Alan Hayward  <alan.hayward@arm.com>
>> 
>> 	* gdb.texinfo: Update style defaults.
> 
> This is OK, but:
> 
>> --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
>> +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
>> @@ -24514,8 +24514,9 @@ Show the current pagination mode.
>> @kindex set style
>> @kindex show style
>> @value{GDBN} can style its output on a capable terminal.  This is
>> -enabled by default on most systems.  Various style settings are
>> -available; and styles can also be disabled entirely.
>> +enabled by default on most systems, but disabled by default when in
>> +batch mode.  Various style settings are available; and styles can
>> +also be disabled entirely.
> 
> Please insert "(@pxref{Mode Options})" (without the quotes) after
> "batch mode", to provide the readers of the manual with a hyperlink to
> where that mode is described.
> 
> Thanks.


Thanks!
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diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index eaef6aa384..8fe961b3f3 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@  show tui tab-width NCHARS
 set style enabled [on|off]
 show style enabled
   Enable or disable terminal styling.  Styling is enabled by default
-  on most hosts.
+  on most hosts, but disabled by default when in batch mode.

 set style filename foreground COLOR
 set style filename background COLOR
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 6b47026aa0..977cc7bbdb 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -24514,8 +24514,9 @@  Show the current pagination mode.
 @kindex set style
 @kindex show style
 @value{GDBN} can style its output on a capable terminal.  This is
-enabled by default on most systems.  Various style settings are
-available; and styles can also be disabled entirely.
+enabled by default on most systems, but disabled by default when in
+batch mode (@pxref{Mode Options}).  Various style settings are available;
+and styles can also be disabled entirely.

 @table @code
 @item set style enabled @samp{on|off}