Re: Extend gdb to filter registers

[Yuan Fu]

> On Jan 27, 2020, at 2:18 PM, martin rudalics <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Currently gdb-many-windows gives a similar arrangement. And in my
> > other patch the user can customize his layout and save it to a file,
> > and later restore from it. So they have a lot of freedom in this
> > aspect. Side windows are a bit more limiting.
> 
> In which regard?

Side window have to be on the side, so you can’t put a function window in the 
middle. And if a user manually layout his windows, they won’t be side windows. 

> 
> > And if we add non-split
> > property to function windows(breakpoint, io, etc), we can make sure
> > all new source windows are created around the old source windows
> > (instead of splitting function windows everywhere). That should work
> > too.
> 
> This can lead to strange results when 'display-buffer-at-bottom' or
> 'display-buffer-in-direction' are used.  Both may split internal
> windows.

That approach doesn’t work then, too bad. Is there any other way to limit the 
location of a to-be-created window?

Yuan