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<h2 class="chapter">28 <small>GDB</small> Annotations</h2>
<p>This chapter describes annotations in <small>GDB</small>. Annotations were
designed to interface <small>GDB</small> to graphical user interfaces or other
similar programs which want to interact with <small>GDB</small> at a
relatively high level.
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<p>The annotation mechanism has largely been superseded by <small>GDB/MI</small>
(see <a href="GDB_002fMI.html#GDB_002fMI">GDB/MI</a>).
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Annotations-Overview.html#Annotations-Overview" accesskey="1">Annotations Overview</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">What annotations are; the general syntax.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Server-Prefix.html#Server-Prefix" accesskey="2">Server Prefix</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Issuing a command without affecting user state.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Prompting.html#Prompting" accesskey="3">Prompting</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Annotations marking <small>GDB</small>’s need for input.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Errors.html#Errors" accesskey="4">Errors</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Annotations for error messages.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Invalidation.html#Invalidation" accesskey="5">Invalidation</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Some annotations describe things now invalid.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Annotations-for-Running.html#Annotations-for-Running" accesskey="6">Annotations for Running</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
Whether the program is running, how it stopped, etc.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Source-Annotations.html#Source-Annotations" accesskey="7">Source Annotations</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Annotations describing source code.
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