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Annotations were 74designed to interface <small>GDB</small> to graphical user interfaces or other 75similar programs which want to interact with <small>GDB</small> at a 76relatively high level. 77</p> 78<p>The annotation mechanism has largely been superseded by <small>GDB/MI</small> 79(see <a href="GDB_002fMI.html#GDB_002fMI">GDB/MI</a>). 80</p> 81 82<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> 83<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. 84</td></tr> 85<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. 86</td></tr> 87<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. 88</td></tr> 89<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. 90</td></tr> 91<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. 92</td></tr> 93<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"> 94 Whether the program is running, how it stopped, etc. 95</td></tr> 96<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. 97</td></tr> 98</table> 99 100 101 102 103</body> 104</html> 105