Using the gdb display command with an empty context layout

[nkaretnikov]

My current config:

source ~/.gef-00e05d3fe243a12ee0856048b4e3f35a843fdccc.py
gef config context.layout ""
display/8i $pc

I don't like the context layout but still want to take advantage of gef's features. However, gef ignores (or overrides) display, which I like to use. Is there a way to make this work?

And nope, I don't want to add code to the context. :p

[hugsy]

It's all in the docs but:

To disable the context

gef config context.enable 0

Use gef save if you want to make that permanent.

However, gef ignores (or overrides) display, which I like to use. Is there a way to make this work?

Not sure what it means, we don't override display at all. Got an example?

[nkaretnikov]

@hugsy Hmm, the above is my ~/.gdbinit. But nevermind, I just double-checked with gdb without any settings: for some reason, the display command doesn't work when specified in the init file. I updated gdb recently, maybe they changed something. Or maybe it never actually worked and I'm just confusing things.

Closing as invalid.

[nkaretnikov]

To follow up: I actually kinda got the behavior I wanted with this:

source ~/.gef-00e05d3fe243a12ee0856048b4e3f35a843fdccc.py
gef config context.layout "code"
gef config context.clear_screen 0

It's slightly different than display output but close enough.

[hugsy]

Ah did you mean to do that

define hook-stop
   display/8i $pc 
end

??

That's pure gdb, not gef btw.