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 - <h3 class="section">25.1 TUI Overview</h3>
 - 
 - <p>In TUI mode, <small>GDB</small> can display several text windows:
 - </p>
 - <dl compact="compact">
 - <dt><em>command</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>This window is the <small>GDB</small> command window with the <small>GDB</small>
 - prompt and the <small>GDB</small> output.  The <small>GDB</small> input is still
 - managed using readline.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><em>source</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>The source window shows the source file of the program.  The current
 - line and active breakpoints are displayed in this window.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><em>assembly</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>The assembly window shows the disassembly output of the program.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><em>register</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>This window shows the processor registers.  Registers are highlighted
 - when their values change.
 - </p></dd>
 - </dl>
 - 
 - <p>The source and assembly windows show the current program position
 - by highlighting the current line and marking it with a ‘<samp>></samp>’ marker.
 - Breakpoints are indicated with two markers.  The first marker
 - indicates the breakpoint type:
 - </p>
 - <dl compact="compact">
 - <dt><code>B</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Breakpoint which was hit at least once.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>b</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Breakpoint which was never hit.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>H</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Hardware breakpoint which was hit at least once.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>h</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Hardware breakpoint which was never hit.
 - </p></dd>
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 - <p>The second marker indicates whether the breakpoint is enabled or not:
 - </p>
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 - <dt><code>+</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Breakpoint is enabled.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>-</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Breakpoint is disabled.
 - </p></dd>
 - </dl>
 - 
 - <p>The source, assembly and register windows are updated when the current
 - thread changes, when the frame changes, or when the program counter
 - changes.
 - </p>
 - <p>These windows are not all visible at the same time.  The command
 - window is always visible.  The others can be arranged in several
 - layouts:
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 - <li> source only,
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 - </li><li> assembly only,
 - 
 - </li><li> source and assembly,
 - 
 - </li><li> source and registers, or
 - 
 - </li><li> assembly and registers.
 - </li></ul>
 - 
 - <p>These are the standard layouts, but other layouts can be defined.
 - </p>
 - <p>A status line above the command window shows the following information:
 - </p>
 - <dl compact="compact">
 - <dt><em>target</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Indicates the current <small>GDB</small> target.
 - (see <a href="Targets.html#Targets">Specifying a Debugging Target</a>).
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><em>process</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Gives the current process or thread number.
 - When no process is being debugged, this field is set to <code>No process</code>.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><em>function</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Gives the current function name for the selected frame.
 - The name is demangled if demangling is turned on (see <a href="Print-Settings.html#Print-Settings">Print Settings</a>).
 - When there is no symbol corresponding to the current program counter,
 - the string <code>??</code> is displayed.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><em>line</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Indicates the current line number for the selected frame.
 - When the current line number is not known, the string <code>??</code> is displayed.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><em>pc</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Indicates the current program counter address.
 - </p></dd>
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