Re: emacs gud does not work with libtool

[Stefan Monnier]

> Emacs in CVS doesn't inject -cd <directory> after the first argument.
> Here's a patch (for Emacs in CVS so I've cc'd it to address@hidden)
> Does it do the right thing?

> Nick

> *** gud.el.~1.10.~    2003-09-30 18:53:05.000000000 +0100
> --- gud.el    2003-10-11 23:40:42.000000000 +0100
> ***************
> *** 2337,2342 ****
> --- 2337,2344 ----
>        ;; and put t in its place.
>        ;; Later on we will put the modified file name arg back there.
>        (file-word (let ((w (cdr words)))
> +                   (unless (= ?- (aref (car w) 0))
> +                     (setq w (cdr w)))
>                     (while (and w (= ?- (aref (car w) 0)))
>                       (setq w (cdr w)))
>                     (and w

The patch looks odd and unrelated to your explanation.
And the email given as context doesn't help me understand
what is the problem and how we are trying to solve it.

Could you explain a bit more, showing what is the wrong behavior
we're trying to fix and with what we are trying to replace it ?


        Stefan