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  19 <h2 class="chapter">The <small>GDB/MI</small> Interface</h2>
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  21 <h3 class="unnumberedsec">Function and Purpose</h3>
  22
  23    <p><small>GDB/MI</small> is a line based machine oriented text interface to GDB.  It is
  24 specifically intended to support the development of systems which use
  25 the debugger as just one small component of a larger system.
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  27    <p>This chapter is a specification of the <small>GDB/MI</small> interface.  It is written
  28 in the form of a reference manual.
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  30    <p>Note that <small>GDB/MI</small> is still under construction, so some of the
  31 features described below are incomplete and subject to change.
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  33 <h3 class="unnumberedsec">Notation and Terminology</h3>
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  35    <p>This chapter uses the following notation:
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  37      <ul>
  38 <li><code>|</code> separates two alternatives.
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  40      <li><code>[ </code><var>something</var><code> ]</code> indicates that <var>something</var> is optional:
  41 it may or may not be given.
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  43      <li><code>( </code><var>group</var><code> )*</code> means that <var>group</var> inside the parentheses
  44 may repeat zero or more times.
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  46      <li><code>( </code><var>group</var><code> )+</code> means that <var>group</var> inside the parentheses
  47 may repeat one or more times.
  48
  49      <li><code>"</code><var>string</var><code>"</code> means a literal <var>string</var>.
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  52 <h3 class="heading">Acknowledgments</h3>
  53
  54    <p>In alphabetic order: Andrew Cagney, Fernando Nasser, Stan Shebs and
  55 Elena Zannoni.
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  58 <li><a accesskey="1" href="GDB-MI-Command-Syntax.html#GDB%2fMI%20Command%20Syntax">GDB/MI Command Syntax</a>:
  59 <li><a accesskey="2" href="GDB-MI-Compatibility-with-CLI.html#GDB%2fMI%20Compatibility%20with%20CLI">GDB/MI Compatibility with CLI</a>:
  60 <li><a accesskey="3" href="GDB-MI-Output-Records.html#GDB%2fMI%20Output%20Records">GDB/MI Output Records</a>:
  61 <li><a accesskey="4" href="GDB-MI-Command-Description-Format.html#GDB%2fMI%20Command%20Description%20Format">GDB/MI Command Description Format</a>:
  62 <li><a accesskey="5" href="GDB-MI-Breakpoint-Table-Commands.html#GDB%2fMI%20Breakpoint%20Table%20Commands">GDB/MI Breakpoint Table Commands</a>:
  63 <li><a accesskey="6" href="GDB-MI-Data-Manipulation.html#GDB%2fMI%20Data%20Manipulation">GDB/MI Data Manipulation</a>:
  64 <li><a accesskey="7" href="GDB-MI-Program-Control.html#GDB%2fMI%20Program%20Control">GDB/MI Program Control</a>:
  65 <li><a accesskey="8" href="GDB-MI-Miscellaneous-Commands.html#GDB%2fMI%20Miscellaneous%20Commands">GDB/MI Miscellaneous Commands</a>:
  66 <li><a accesskey="9" href="GDB-MI-Stack-Manipulation.html#GDB%2fMI%20Stack%20Manipulation">GDB/MI Stack Manipulation</a>:
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  70 <li><a href="GDB-MI-Tracepoint-Commands.html#GDB%2fMI%20Tracepoint%20Commands">GDB/MI Tracepoint Commands</a>:
  71 <li><a href="GDB-MI-Variable-Objects.html#GDB%2fMI%20Variable%20Objects">GDB/MI Variable Objects</a>:
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