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  65. <h3 class="section">28.3 Annotation for <small>GDB</small> Input</h3>
  66. <a name="index-annotations-for-prompts"></a>
  67. <p>When <small>GDB</small> prompts for input, it annotates this fact so it is possible
  68. to know when to send output, when the output from a given command is
  69. over, etc.
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  71. <p>Different kinds of input each have a different <em>input type</em>. Each
  72. input type has three annotations: a <code>pre-</code> annotation, which
  73. denotes the beginning of any prompt which is being output, a plain
  74. annotation, which denotes the end of the prompt, and then a <code>post-</code>
  75. annotation which denotes the end of any echo which may (or may not) be
  76. associated with the input. For example, the <code>prompt</code> input type
  77. features the following annotations:
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  79. <div class="smallexample">
  80. <pre class="smallexample">^Z^Zpre-prompt
  81. ^Z^Zprompt
  82. ^Z^Zpost-prompt
  83. </pre></div>
  84. <p>The input types are
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  86. <dl compact="compact">
  87. <dd><a name="index-pre_002dprompt-annotation"></a>
  88. <a name="index-prompt-annotation"></a>
  89. <a name="index-post_002dprompt-annotation"></a>
  90. </dd>
  91. <dt><code>prompt</code></dt>
  92. <dd><p>When <small>GDB</small> is prompting for a command (the main <small>GDB</small> prompt).
  93. </p>
  94. <a name="index-pre_002dcommands-annotation"></a>
  95. <a name="index-commands-annotation"></a>
  96. <a name="index-post_002dcommands-annotation"></a>
  97. </dd>
  98. <dt><code>commands</code></dt>
  99. <dd><p>When <small>GDB</small> prompts for a set of commands, like in the <code>commands</code>
  100. command. The annotations are repeated for each command which is input.
  101. </p>
  102. <a name="index-pre_002doverload_002dchoice-annotation"></a>
  103. <a name="index-overload_002dchoice-annotation"></a>
  104. <a name="index-post_002doverload_002dchoice-annotation"></a>
  105. </dd>
  106. <dt><code>overload-choice</code></dt>
  107. <dd><p>When <small>GDB</small> wants the user to select between various overloaded functions.
  108. </p>
  109. <a name="index-pre_002dquery-annotation"></a>
  110. <a name="index-query-annotation"></a>
  111. <a name="index-post_002dquery-annotation"></a>
  112. </dd>
  113. <dt><code>query</code></dt>
  114. <dd><p>When <small>GDB</small> wants the user to confirm a potentially dangerous operation.
  115. </p>
  116. <a name="index-pre_002dprompt_002dfor_002dcontinue-annotation"></a>
  117. <a name="index-prompt_002dfor_002dcontinue-annotation"></a>
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  119. </dd>
  120. <dt><code>prompt-for-continue</code></dt>
  121. <dd><p>When <small>GDB</small> is asking the user to press return to continue. Note: Don&rsquo;t
  122. expect this to work well; instead use <code>set height 0</code> to disable
  123. prompting. This is because the counting of lines is buggy in the
  124. presence of annotations.
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