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I am debugging a program that outputs 8 or more lines of display and requires input. So my IO window has to be say 10 rows or so in height. But I also want to see the source code AND of course the gdb input window.
What is the easiest way to present this? To have 3 windows? 1 for gdb, 1 for console and the other for the source code? If so how do I get 3 windows?
Or if I could somehow get the gdb io window to be a separate console window that might be even better.
For anyone else's benefit, you can use gdb-many-windows like:
You then get the same sort of environment as you would find in developer IDE's.
Some links: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/GDB-User-Interface-Layout.html https://undo.io/resources/gdb-watchpoint/using-gdb-emacs/
To create a new console window you can do C-x 5 b with an existing buffer or C-x 5 f to open a file.
To switch between the different consoles you can do C-x 5 o
You can then split each of the consoles into different frames horizontally by C-x 2 or vertically by C-x 3
C-x 5 b, like C-x b and C-x 4 b, is not just for an existing buffer. It's also for creating a new buffer.
C-x 2andC-x 3. You can adjust window sizes withC-x {,C-x },C-x ^andC-x -. You can also have multiple Emacs frames connected to the same Emacs instance.