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66<h2 class="chapter">7 Displays</h2>
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68<p><em>Display Annotations have been removed.  <small>GDB/MI</small> instead
69provides Variable Objects.</em>
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79<p>When <small>GDB</small> is told to display something using the <code>display</code> command,
80the results of the display are annotated:
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83<pre class="smallexample">^Z^Zdisplay-begin
84<var>number</var>
85^Z^Zdisplay-number-end
86<var>number-separator</var>
87^Z^Zdisplay-format
88<var>format</var>
89^Z^Zdisplay-expression
90<var>expression</var>
91^Z^Zdisplay-expression-end
92<var>expression-separator</var>
93^Z^Zdisplay-value
94<var>value</var>
95^Z^Zdisplay-end
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98<p>where <var>number</var> is the number of the display, <var>number-separator</var>
99is intended to separate the number from what follows for the user,
100<var>format</var> includes information such as the size, format, or other
101information about how the value is being displayed, <var>expression</var> is
102the expression being displayed, <var>expression-separator</var> is intended
103to separate the expression from the text that follows for the user,
104and <var>value</var> is the actual value being displayed.
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