share/gdb/python/gdb/command/prompt.py

# Extended prompt.
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"""GDB command for working with extended prompts."""

import gdb
import gdb.prompt

class _ExtendedPrompt(gdb.Parameter):

    """Set the extended prompt.

Usage: set extended-prompt VALUE

Substitutions are applied to VALUE to compute the real prompt.

The currently defined substitutions are:

"""
    # Add the prompt library's dynamically generated help to the
    # __doc__ string.
    __doc__ = __doc__ + gdb.prompt.prompt_help()

    set_doc = "Set the extended prompt."
    show_doc = "Show the extended prompt."

    def __init__(self):
        super(_ExtendedPrompt, self).__init__("extended-prompt",
                                              gdb.COMMAND_SUPPORT,
                                              gdb.PARAM_STRING_NOESCAPE)
        self.value = ''
        self.hook_set = False

    def get_show_string (self, pvalue):
        if self.value is not '':
           return "The extended prompt is: " + self.value
        else:
           return "The extended prompt is not set."

    def get_set_string (self):
        if self.hook_set == False:
           gdb.prompt_hook = self.before_prompt_hook
           self.hook_set = True
        return ""

    def before_prompt_hook(self, current):
        if self.value is not '':
            newprompt = gdb.prompt.substitute_prompt(self.value)
            return newprompt.replace('\\', '\\\\')
        else:
            return None

_ExtendedPrompt()