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     19    This file documents GDB's obsolete annotations.
     20 
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     33 
     34 GDB Annotations
     35 ***************
     36 
     37 This document describes the obsolete level two annotation interface
     38 implemented in older GDB versions.
     39 
     40 * Menu:
     41 
     42 * Annotations Overview::  What annotations are; the general syntax.
     43 * Limitations::           Limitations of the annotation interface.
     44 * Migrating to GDB/MI::   Migrating to GDB/MI
     45 * Server Prefix::       Issuing a command without affecting user state.
     46 * Value Annotations::   Values are marked as such.
     47 * Frame Annotations::   Stack frames are annotated.
     48 * Displays::            GDB can be told to display something periodically.
     49 * Prompting::           Annotations marking GDB's need for input.
     50 * Errors::              Annotations for error messages.
     51 * Breakpoint Info::     Information on breakpoints.
     52 * Invalidation::        Some annotations describe things now invalid.
     53 * Annotations for Running::
     54                         Whether the program is running, how it stopped, etc.
     55 * Source Annotations::  Annotations describing source code.
     56 * Multi-threaded Apps:: An annotation that reports multi-threadedness.
     57 
     58 * GNU Free Documentation License::
     59 
     60 
     61 File: annotate.info,  Node: Annotations Overview,  Next: Limitations,  Prev: Top,  Up: Top
     62 
     63 1 What is an Annotation?
     64 ************************
     65 
     66 To produce obsolete level two annotations, start GDB with the
     67 `--annotate=2' option.
     68 
     69    Annotations start with a newline character, two `control-z'
     70 characters, and the name of the annotation.  If there is no additional
     71 information associated with this annotation, the name of the annotation
     72 is followed immediately by a newline.  If there is additional
     73 information, the name of the annotation is followed by a space, the
     74 additional information, and a newline.  The additional information
     75 cannot contain newline characters.
     76 
     77    Any output not beginning with a newline and two `control-z'
     78 characters denotes literal output from GDB.  Currently there is no need
     79 for GDB to output a newline followed by two `control-z' characters, but
     80 if there was such a need, the annotations could be extended with an
     81 `escape' annotation which means those three characters as output.
     82 
     83    A simple example of starting up GDB with annotations is:
     84 
     85      $ gdb --annotate=2
     86      GNU GDB 5.0
     87      Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     88      GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License,
     89      and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it
     90      under certain conditions.
     91      Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
     92      There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty"
     93      for details.
     94      This GDB was configured as "sparc-sun-sunos4.1.3"
     95 
     96      ^Z^Zpre-prompt
     97      (gdb)
     98      ^Z^Zprompt
     99      quit
    100 
    101      ^Z^Zpost-prompt
    102      $
    103 
    104    Here `quit' is input to GDB; the rest is output from GDB.  The three
    105 lines beginning `^Z^Z' (where `^Z' denotes a `control-z' character) are
    106 annotations; the rest is output from GDB.
    107 
    108 
    109 File: annotate.info,  Node: Limitations,  Next: Migrating to GDB/MI,  Prev: Annotations Overview,  Up: Top
    110 
    111 2 Limitations of the Annotation Interface
    112 *****************************************
    113 
    114 The level two annotations mechanism is known to have a number of
    115 technical and architectural limitations.  As a consequence, in 2001,
    116 with the release of GDB 5.1 and the addition of GDB/MI, the annotation
    117 interface was marked as deprecated.
    118 
    119    This chapter discusses the known problems.
    120 
    121 2.1 Dependant on CLI output
    122 ===========================
    123 
    124 The annotation interface works by interspersing markups with GDB normal
    125 command-line interpreter output.  Unfortunately, this makes the
    126 annotation client dependant on not just the annotations, but also the
    127 CLI output.  This is because the client is forced to assume that
    128 specific GDB commands provide specific information.  Any change to
    129 GDB's CLI output modifies or removes that information and,
    130 consequently, likely breaks the client.
    131 
    132    Since the GDB/MI output is independent of the CLI, it does not have
    133 this problem.
    134 
    135 2.2 Scalability
    136 ===============
    137 
    138 The annotation interface relies on value annotations (*note Value
    139 Annotations::) and the display mechanism as a way of obtaining
    140 up-to-date value information.  These mechanisms are not scalable.
    141 
    142    In a graphical environment, where many values can be displayed
    143 simultaneously, a serious performance problem occurs when the client
    144 tries to first extract from GDB, and then re-display, all those values.
    145 The client should instead only request and update the values that
    146 changed.
    147 
    148    The GDB/MI Variable Objects provide just that mechanism.
    149 
    150 2.3 Correctness
    151 ===============
    152 
    153 The annotation interface assumes that a variable's value can only be
    154 changed when the target is running.  This assumption is not correct.  A
    155 single assignment to a single variable can result in the entire target,
    156 and all displayed values, needing an update.
    157 
    158    The GDB/MI Variable Objects include a mechanism for efficiently
    159 reporting such changes.
    160 
    161 2.4 Reliability
    162 ===============
    163 
    164 The GDB/MI interface includes a dedicated test directory
    165 (`gdb/gdb.mi'), and any addition or fix to GDB/MI must include
    166 testsuite changes.
    167 
    168 2.5 Maintainability
    169 ===================
    170 
    171 The annotation mechanism was implemented by interspersing CLI print
    172 statements with various annotations.  As a consequence, any CLI output
    173 change can alter the annotation output.
    174 
    175    Since the GDB/MI output is independent of the CLI, and the GDB/MI is
    176 increasingly implemented independent of the CLI code, its long term
    177 maintenance is much easier.
    178 
    179 
    180 File: annotate.info,  Node: Migrating to GDB/MI,  Next: Server Prefix,  Prev: Limitations,  Up: Top
    181 
    182 3 Migrating to GDB/MI
    183 *********************
    184 
    185 By using the `interp mi' command, it is possible for annotation clients
    186 to invoke GDB/MI commands, and hence access the GDB/MI.  By doing this,
    187 existing annotation clients have a migration path from this obsolete
    188 interface to GDB/MI.
    189 
    190 
    191 File: annotate.info,  Node: Server Prefix,  Next: Value Annotations,  Prev: Migrating to GDB/MI,  Up: Top
    192 
    193 4 The Server Prefix
    194 *******************
    195 
    196 To issue a command to GDB without affecting certain aspects of the
    197 state which is seen by users, prefix it with `server '.  This means
    198 that this command will not affect the command history, nor will it
    199 affect GDB's notion of which command to repeat if <RET> is pressed on a
    200 line by itself.
    201 
    202    The server prefix does not affect the recording of values into the
    203 value history; to print a value without recording it into the value
    204 history, use the `output' command instead of the `print' command.
    205 
    206 
    207 File: annotate.info,  Node: Value Annotations,  Next: Frame Annotations,  Prev: Server Prefix,  Up: Top
    208 
    209 5 Values
    210 ********
    211 
    212 _Value Annotations have been removed.  GDB/MI instead provides Variable
    213 Objects._
    214 
    215    When a value is printed in various contexts, GDB uses annotations to
    216 delimit the value from the surrounding text.
    217 
    218    If a value is printed using `print' and added to the value history,
    219 the annotation looks like
    220 
    221      ^Z^Zvalue-history-begin HISTORY-NUMBER VALUE-FLAGS
    222      HISTORY-STRING
    223      ^Z^Zvalue-history-value
    224      THE-VALUE
    225      ^Z^Zvalue-history-end
    226 
    227 where HISTORY-NUMBER is the number it is getting in the value history,
    228 HISTORY-STRING is a string, such as `$5 = ', which introduces the value
    229 to the user, THE-VALUE is the output corresponding to the value itself,
    230 and VALUE-FLAGS is `*' for a value which can be dereferenced and `-'
    231 for a value which cannot.
    232 
    233    If the value is not added to the value history (it is an invalid
    234 float or it is printed with the `output' command), the annotation is
    235 similar:
    236 
    237      ^Z^Zvalue-begin VALUE-FLAGS
    238      THE-VALUE
    239      ^Z^Zvalue-end
    240 
    241    When GDB prints an argument to a function (for example, in the output
    242 from the `backtrace' command), it annotates it as follows:
    243 
    244      ^Z^Zarg-begin
    245      ARGUMENT-NAME
    246      ^Z^Zarg-name-end
    247      SEPARATOR-STRING
    248      ^Z^Zarg-value VALUE-FLAGS
    249      THE-VALUE
    250      ^Z^Zarg-end
    251 
    252 where ARGUMENT-NAME is the name of the argument, SEPARATOR-STRING is
    253 text which separates the name from the value for the user's benefit
    254 (such as `='), and VALUE-FLAGS and THE-VALUE have the same meanings as
    255 in a `value-history-begin' annotation.
    256 
    257    When printing a structure, GDB annotates it as follows:
    258 
    259      ^Z^Zfield-begin VALUE-FLAGS
    260      FIELD-NAME
    261      ^Z^Zfield-name-end
    262      SEPARATOR-STRING
    263      ^Z^Zfield-value
    264      THE-VALUE
    265      ^Z^Zfield-end
    266 
    267 where FIELD-NAME is the name of the field, SEPARATOR-STRING is text
    268 which separates the name from the value for the user's benefit (such as
    269 `='), and VALUE-FLAGS and THE-VALUE have the same meanings as in a
    270 `value-history-begin' annotation.
    271 
    272    When printing an array, GDB annotates it as follows:
    273 
    274      ^Z^Zarray-section-begin ARRAY-INDEX VALUE-FLAGS
    275 
    276 where ARRAY-INDEX is the index of the first element being annotated and
    277 VALUE-FLAGS has the same meaning as in a `value-history-begin'
    278 annotation.  This is followed by any number of elements, where is
    279 element can be either a single element:
    280 
    281      `,' WHITESPACE         ; omitted for the first element
    282      THE-VALUE
    283      ^Z^Zelt
    284 
    285    or a repeated element
    286 
    287      `,' WHITESPACE         ; omitted for the first element
    288      THE-VALUE
    289      ^Z^Zelt-rep NUMBER-OF-REPETITIONS
    290      REPETITION-STRING
    291      ^Z^Zelt-rep-end
    292 
    293    In both cases, THE-VALUE is the output for the value of the element
    294 and WHITESPACE can contain spaces, tabs, and newlines.  In the repeated
    295 case, NUMBER-OF-REPETITIONS is the number of consecutive array elements
    296 which contain that value, and REPETITION-STRING is a string which is
    297 designed to convey to the user that repetition is being depicted.
    298 
    299    Once all the array elements have been output, the array annotation is
    300 ended with
    301 
    302      ^Z^Zarray-section-end
    303 
    304 
    305 File: annotate.info,  Node: Frame Annotations,  Next: Displays,  Prev: Value Annotations,  Up: Top
    306 
    307 6 Frames
    308 ********
    309 
    310 _Value Annotations have been removed.  GDB/MI instead provides a number
    311 of frame commands._
    312 
    313    _Frame annotations are no longer available.  The GDB/MI provides
    314 `-stack-list-arguments', `-stack-list-locals', and `-stack-list-frames'
    315 commands._
    316 
    317    Whenever GDB prints a frame, it annotates it.  For example, this
    318 applies to frames printed when GDB stops, output from commands such as
    319 `backtrace' or `up', etc.
    320 
    321    The frame annotation begins with
    322 
    323      ^Z^Zframe-begin LEVEL ADDRESS
    324      LEVEL-STRING
    325 
    326 where LEVEL is the number of the frame (0 is the innermost frame, and
    327 other frames have positive numbers), ADDRESS is the address of the code
    328 executing in that frame, and LEVEL-STRING is a string designed to
    329 convey the level to the user.  ADDRESS is in the form `0x' followed by
    330 one or more lowercase hex digits (note that this does not depend on the
    331 language).  The frame ends with
    332 
    333      ^Z^Zframe-end
    334 
    335    Between these annotations is the main body of the frame, which can
    336 consist of
    337 
    338    *      ^Z^Zfunction-call
    339           FUNCTION-CALL-STRING
    340 
    341      where FUNCTION-CALL-STRING is text designed to convey to the user
    342      that this frame is associated with a function call made by GDB to a
    343      function in the program being debugged.
    344 
    345    *      ^Z^Zsignal-handler-caller
    346           SIGNAL-HANDLER-CALLER-STRING
    347 
    348      where SIGNAL-HANDLER-CALLER-STRING is text designed to convey to
    349      the user that this frame is associated with whatever mechanism is
    350      used by this operating system to call a signal handler (it is the
    351      frame which calls the signal handler, not the frame for the signal
    352      handler itself).
    353 
    354    * A normal frame.
    355 
    356      This can optionally (depending on whether this is thought of as
    357      interesting information for the user to see) begin with
    358 
    359           ^Z^Zframe-address
    360           ADDRESS
    361           ^Z^Zframe-address-end
    362           SEPARATOR-STRING
    363 
    364      where ADDRESS is the address executing in the frame (the same
    365      address as in the `frame-begin' annotation, but printed in a form
    366      which is intended for user consumption--in particular, the syntax
    367      varies depending on the language), and SEPARATOR-STRING is a string
    368      intended to separate this address from what follows for the user's
    369      benefit.
    370 
    371      Then comes
    372 
    373           ^Z^Zframe-function-name
    374           FUNCTION-NAME
    375           ^Z^Zframe-args
    376           ARGUMENTS
    377 
    378      where FUNCTION-NAME is the name of the function executing in the
    379      frame, or `??' if not known, and ARGUMENTS are the arguments to
    380      the frame, with parentheses around them (each argument is annotated
    381      individually as well, *note Value Annotations::).
    382 
    383      If source information is available, a reference to it is then
    384      printed:
    385 
    386           ^Z^Zframe-source-begin
    387           SOURCE-INTRO-STRING
    388           ^Z^Zframe-source-file
    389           FILENAME
    390           ^Z^Zframe-source-file-end
    391           :
    392           ^Z^Zframe-source-line
    393           LINE-NUMBER
    394           ^Z^Zframe-source-end
    395 
    396      where SOURCE-INTRO-STRING separates for the user's benefit the
    397      reference from the text which precedes it, FILENAME is the name of
    398      the source file, and LINE-NUMBER is the line number within that
    399      file (the first line is line 1).
    400 
    401      If GDB prints some information about where the frame is from (which
    402      library, which load segment, etc.; currently only done on the
    403      RS/6000), it is annotated with
    404 
    405           ^Z^Zframe-where
    406           INFORMATION
    407 
    408      Then, if source is to actually be displayed for this frame (for
    409      example, this is not true for output from the `backtrace'
    410      command), then a `source' annotation (*note Source Annotations::)
    411      is displayed.  Unlike most annotations, this is output instead of
    412      the normal text which would be output, not in addition.
    413 
    414 
    415 File: annotate.info,  Node: Displays,  Next: Prompting,  Prev: Frame Annotations,  Up: Top
    416 
    417 7 Displays
    418 **********
    419 
    420 _Display Annotations have been removed.  GDB/MI instead provides
    421 Variable Objects._
    422 
    423    When GDB is told to display something using the `display' command,
    424 the results of the display are annotated:
    425 
    426      ^Z^Zdisplay-begin
    427      NUMBER
    428      ^Z^Zdisplay-number-end
    429      NUMBER-SEPARATOR
    430      ^Z^Zdisplay-format
    431      FORMAT
    432      ^Z^Zdisplay-expression
    433      EXPRESSION
    434      ^Z^Zdisplay-expression-end
    435      EXPRESSION-SEPARATOR
    436      ^Z^Zdisplay-value
    437      VALUE
    438      ^Z^Zdisplay-end
    439 
    440 where NUMBER is the number of the display, NUMBER-SEPARATOR is intended
    441 to separate the number from what follows for the user, FORMAT includes
    442 information such as the size, format, or other information about how
    443 the value is being displayed, EXPRESSION is the expression being
    444 displayed, EXPRESSION-SEPARATOR is intended to separate the expression
    445 from the text that follows for the user, and VALUE is the actual value
    446 being displayed.
    447 
    448 
    449 File: annotate.info,  Node: Prompting,  Next: Errors,  Prev: Displays,  Up: Top
    450 
    451 8 Annotation for GDB Input
    452 **************************
    453 
    454 When GDB prompts for input, it annotates this fact so it is possible to
    455 know when to send output, when the output from a given command is over,
    456 etc.
    457 
    458    Different kinds of input each have a different "input type".  Each
    459 input type has three annotations: a `pre-' annotation, which denotes
    460 the beginning of any prompt which is being output, a plain annotation,
    461 which denotes the end of the prompt, and then a `post-' annotation
    462 which denotes the end of any echo which may (or may not) be associated
    463 with the input.  For example, the `prompt' input type features the
    464 following annotations:
    465 
    466      ^Z^Zpre-prompt
    467      ^Z^Zprompt
    468      ^Z^Zpost-prompt
    469 
    470    The input types are
    471 
    472 `prompt'
    473      When GDB is prompting for a command (the main GDB prompt).
    474 
    475 `commands'
    476      When GDB prompts for a set of commands, like in the `commands'
    477      command.  The annotations are repeated for each command which is
    478      input.
    479 
    480 `overload-choice'
    481      When GDB wants the user to select between various overloaded
    482      functions.
    483 
    484 `query'
    485      When GDB wants the user to confirm a potentially dangerous
    486      operation.
    487 
    488 `prompt-for-continue'
    489      When GDB is asking the user to press return to continue.  Note:
    490      Don't expect this to work well; instead use `set height 0' to
    491      disable prompting.  This is because the counting of lines is buggy
    492      in the presence of annotations.
    493 
    494 
    495 File: annotate.info,  Node: Errors,  Next: Breakpoint Info,  Prev: Prompting,  Up: Top
    496 
    497 9 Errors
    498 ********
    499 
    500      ^Z^Zquit
    501 
    502    This annotation occurs right before GDB responds to an interrupt.
    503 
    504      ^Z^Zerror
    505 
    506    This annotation occurs right before GDB responds to an error.
    507 
    508    Quit and error annotations indicate that any annotations which GDB
    509 was in the middle of may end abruptly.  For example, if a
    510 `value-history-begin' annotation is followed by a `error', one cannot
    511 expect to receive the matching `value-history-end'.  One cannot expect
    512 not to receive it either, however; an error annotation does not
    513 necessarily mean that GDB is immediately returning all the way to the
    514 top level.
    515 
    516    A quit or error annotation may be preceded by
    517 
    518      ^Z^Zerror-begin
    519 
    520    Any output between that and the quit or error annotation is the error
    521 message.
    522 
    523    Warning messages are not yet annotated.
    524 
    525 
    526 File: annotate.info,  Node: Breakpoint Info,  Next: Invalidation,  Prev: Errors,  Up: Top
    527 
    528 10 Information on Breakpoints
    529 *****************************
    530 
    531 _Breakpoint Annotations have been removed.  GDB/MI instead provides
    532 breakpoint commands._
    533 
    534    The output from the `info breakpoints' command is annotated as
    535 follows:
    536 
    537      ^Z^Zbreakpoints-headers
    538      HEADER-ENTRY
    539      ^Z^Zbreakpoints-table
    540 
    541 where HEADER-ENTRY has the same syntax as an entry (see below) but
    542 instead of containing data, it contains strings which are intended to
    543 convey the meaning of each field to the user.  This is followed by any
    544 number of entries.  If a field does not apply for this entry, it is
    545 omitted.  Fields may contain trailing whitespace.  Each entry consists
    546 of:
    547 
    548      ^Z^Zrecord
    549      ^Z^Zfield 0
    550      NUMBER
    551      ^Z^Zfield 1
    552      TYPE
    553      ^Z^Zfield 2
    554      DISPOSITION
    555      ^Z^Zfield 3
    556      ENABLE
    557      ^Z^Zfield 4
    558      ADDRESS
    559      ^Z^Zfield 5
    560      WHAT
    561      ^Z^Zfield 6
    562      FRAME
    563      ^Z^Zfield 7
    564      CONDITION
    565      ^Z^Zfield 8
    566      IGNORE-COUNT
    567      ^Z^Zfield 9
    568      COMMANDS
    569 
    570    Note that ADDRESS is intended for user consumption--the syntax
    571 varies depending on the language.
    572 
    573    The output ends with
    574 
    575      ^Z^Zbreakpoints-table-end
    576 
    577 
    578 File: annotate.info,  Node: Invalidation,  Next: Annotations for Running,  Prev: Breakpoint Info,  Up: Top
    579 
    580 11 Invalidation Notices
    581 ***********************
    582 
    583 The following annotations say that certain pieces of state may have
    584 changed.
    585 
    586 `^Z^Zframes-invalid'
    587      The frames (for example, output from the `backtrace' command) may
    588      have changed.
    589 
    590 `^Z^Zbreakpoints-invalid'
    591      The breakpoints may have changed.  For example, the user just
    592      added or deleted a breakpoint.
    593 
    594 
    595 File: annotate.info,  Node: Annotations for Running,  Next: Source Annotations,  Prev: Invalidation,  Up: Top
    596 
    597 12 Running the Program
    598 **********************
    599 
    600 When the program starts executing due to a GDB command such as `step'
    601 or `continue',
    602 
    603      ^Z^Zstarting
    604 
    605    is output.  When the program stops,
    606 
    607      ^Z^Zstopped
    608 
    609    is output.  Before the `stopped' annotation, a variety of
    610 annotations describe how the program stopped.
    611 
    612 `^Z^Zexited EXIT-STATUS'
    613      The program exited, and EXIT-STATUS is the exit status (zero for
    614      successful exit, otherwise nonzero).
    615 
    616 `^Z^Zsignalled'
    617      The program exited with a signal.  After the `^Z^Zsignalled', the
    618      annotation continues:
    619 
    620           INTRO-TEXT
    621           ^Z^Zsignal-name
    622           NAME
    623           ^Z^Zsignal-name-end
    624           MIDDLE-TEXT
    625           ^Z^Zsignal-string
    626           STRING
    627           ^Z^Zsignal-string-end
    628           END-TEXT
    629 
    630      where NAME is the name of the signal, such as `SIGILL' or
    631      `SIGSEGV', and STRING is the explanation of the signal, such as
    632      `Illegal Instruction' or `Segmentation fault'.  INTRO-TEXT,
    633      MIDDLE-TEXT, and END-TEXT are for the user's benefit and have no
    634      particular format.
    635 
    636 `^Z^Zsignal'
    637      The syntax of this annotation is just like `signalled', but GDB is
    638      just saying that the program received the signal, not that it was
    639      terminated with it.
    640 
    641 `^Z^Zbreakpoint NUMBER'
    642      The program hit breakpoint number NUMBER.
    643 
    644 `^Z^Zwatchpoint NUMBER'
    645      The program hit watchpoint number NUMBER.
    646 
    647 
    648 File: annotate.info,  Node: Source Annotations,  Next: Multi-threaded Apps,  Prev: Annotations for Running,  Up: Top
    649 
    650 13 Displaying Source
    651 ********************
    652 
    653 The following annotation is used instead of displaying source code:
    654 
    655      ^Z^Zsource FILENAME:LINE:CHARACTER:MIDDLE:ADDR
    656 
    657    where FILENAME is an absolute file name indicating which source
    658 file, LINE is the line number within that file (where 1 is the first
    659 line in the file), CHARACTER is the character position within the file
    660 (where 0 is the first character in the file) (for most debug formats
    661 this will necessarily point to the beginning of a line), MIDDLE is
    662 `middle' if ADDR is in the middle of the line, or `beg' if ADDR is at
    663 the beginning of the line, and ADDR is the address in the target
    664 program associated with the source which is being displayed.  ADDR is
    665 in the form `0x' followed by one or more lowercase hex digits (note
    666 that this does not depend on the language).
    667 
    668 
    669 File: annotate.info,  Node: Multi-threaded Apps,  Next: GNU Free Documentation License,  Prev: Source Annotations,  Up: Top
    670 
    671 14 Multi-threaded Applications
    672 ******************************
    673 
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    678      apart from the main thread, which is not reported.
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    680 `^Z^Zthread-changed'
    681      The selected thread has changed.  This may occur at the request of
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    683      e.g., another thread hits a breakpoint.
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    688 
    689 15 GNU Free Documentation License
    690 *********************************
    691 
    692                       Version 1.2, November 2002
    693 
    694      Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    695      51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
    696 
    697      Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
    698      of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
    699 
    700   0. PREAMBLE
    701 
    702      The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other
    703      functional and useful document "free" in the sense of freedom: to
    704      assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it,
    705      with or without modifying it, either commercially or
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    708      being considered responsible for modifications made by others.
    709 
    710      This License is a kind of "copyleft", which means that derivative
    711      works of the document must themselves be free in the same sense.
    712      It complements the GNU General Public License, which is a copyleft
    713      license designed for free software.
    714 
    715      We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for
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    717      free program should come with manuals providing the same freedoms
    718      that the software does.  But this License is not limited to
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    720      of subject matter or whether it is published as a printed book.
    721      We recommend this License principally for works whose purpose is
    722      instruction or reference.
    723 
    724   1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
    725 
    726      This License applies to any manual or other work, in any medium,
    727      that contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it
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    730      to use that work under the conditions stated herein.  The
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    732      of the public is a licensee, and is addressed as "you".  You
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    735 
    736      A "Modified Version" of the Document means any work containing the
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    739 
    740      A "Secondary Section" is a named appendix or a front-matter section
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    750 
    751      The "Invariant Sections" are certain Secondary Sections whose
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    755      Secondary then it is not allowed to be designated as Invariant.
    756      The Document may contain zero Invariant Sections.  If the Document
    757      does not identify any Invariant Sections then there are none.
    758 
    759      The "Cover Texts" are certain short passages of text that are
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    761      that says that the Document is released under this License.  A
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    763      be at most 25 words.
    764 
    765      A "Transparent" copy of the Document means a machine-readable copy,
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    779      Examples of suitable formats for Transparent copies include plain
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    789 
    790      The "Title Page" means, for a printed book, the title page itself,
    791      plus such following pages as are needed to hold, legibly, the
    792      material this License requires to appear in the title page.  For
    793      works in formats which do not have any title page as such, "Title
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    796 
    797      A section "Entitled XYZ" means a named subunit of the Document
    798      whose title either is precisely XYZ or contains XYZ in parentheses
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    800      stands for a specific section name mentioned below, such as
    801      "Acknowledgements", "Dedications", "Endorsements", or "History".)
    802      To "Preserve the Title" of such a section when you modify the
    803      Document means that it remains a section "Entitled XYZ" according
    804      to this definition.
    805 
    806      The Document may include Warranty Disclaimers next to the notice
    807      which states that this License applies to the Document.  These
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    812 
    813   2. VERBATIM COPYING
    814 
    815      You may copy and distribute the Document in any medium, either
    816      commercially or noncommercially, provided that this License, the
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    820      may not use technical measures to obstruct or control the reading
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    823      distribute a large enough number of copies you must also follow
    824      the conditions in section 3.
    825 
    826      You may also lend copies, under the same conditions stated above,
    827      and you may publicly display copies.
    828 
    829   3. COPYING IN QUANTITY
    830 
    831      If you publish printed copies (or copies in media that commonly
    832      have printed covers) of the Document, numbering more than 100, and
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    841      covers, as long as they preserve the title of the Document and
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    845      If the required texts for either cover are too voluminous to fit
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    849 
    850      If you publish or distribute Opaque copies of the Document
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    868 
    869   4. MODIFICATIONS
    870 
    871      You may copy and distribute a Modified Version of the Document
    872      under the conditions of sections 2 and 3 above, provided that you
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    876      whoever possesses a copy of it.  In addition, you must do these
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    878 
    879        A. Use in the Title Page (and on the covers, if any) a title
    880           distinct from that of the Document, and from those of
    881           previous versions (which should, if there were any, be listed
    882           in the History section of the Document).  You may use the
    883           same title as a previous version if the original publisher of
    884           that version gives permission.
    885 
    886        B. List on the Title Page, as authors, one or more persons or
    887           entities responsible for authorship of the modifications in
    888           the Modified Version, together with at least five of the
    889           principal authors of the Document (all of its principal
    890           authors, if it has fewer than five), unless they release you
    891           from this requirement.
    892 
    893        C. State on the Title page the name of the publisher of the
    894           Modified Version, as the publisher.
    895 
    896        D. Preserve all the copyright notices of the Document.
    897 
    898        E. Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications
    899           adjacent to the other copyright notices.
    900 
    901        F. Include, immediately after the copyright notices, a license
    902           notice giving the public permission to use the Modified
    903           Version under the terms of this License, in the form shown in
    904           the Addendum below.
    905 
    906        G. Preserve in that license notice the full lists of Invariant
    907           Sections and required Cover Texts given in the Document's
    908           license notice.
    909 
    910        H. Include an unaltered copy of this License.
    911 
    912        I. Preserve the section Entitled "History", Preserve its Title,
    913           and add to it an item stating at least the title, year, new
    914           authors, and publisher of the Modified Version as given on
    915           the Title Page.  If there is no section Entitled "History" in
    916           the Document, create one stating the title, year, authors,
    917           and publisher of the Document as given on its Title Page,
    918           then add an item describing the Modified Version as stated in
    919           the previous sentence.
    920 
    921        J. Preserve the network location, if any, given in the Document
    922           for public access to a Transparent copy of the Document, and
    923           likewise the network locations given in the Document for
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    925           the "History" section.  You may omit a network location for a
    926           work that was published at least four years before the
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    928           it refers to gives permission.
    929 
    930        K. For any section Entitled "Acknowledgements" or "Dedications",
    931           Preserve the Title of the section, and preserve in the
    932           section all the substance and tone of each of the contributor
    933           acknowledgements and/or dedications given therein.
    934 
    935        L. Preserve all the Invariant Sections of the Document,
    936           unaltered in their text and in their titles.  Section numbers
    937           or the equivalent are not considered part of the section
    938           titles.
    939 
    940        M. Delete any section Entitled "Endorsements".  Such a section
    941           may not be included in the Modified Version.
    942 
    943        N. Do not retitle any existing section to be Entitled
    944           "Endorsements" or to conflict in title with any Invariant
    945           Section.
    946 
    947        O. Preserve any Warranty Disclaimers.
    948 
    949      If the Modified Version includes new front-matter sections or
    950      appendices that qualify as Secondary Sections and contain no
    951      material copied from the Document, you may at your option
    952      designate some or all of these sections as invariant.  To do this,
    953      add their titles to the list of Invariant Sections in the Modified
    954      Version's license notice.  These titles must be distinct from any
    955      other section titles.
    956 
    957      You may add a section Entitled "Endorsements", provided it contains
    958      nothing but endorsements of your Modified Version by various
    959      parties--for example, statements of peer review or that the text
    960      has been approved by an organization as the authoritative
    961      definition of a standard.
    962 
    963      You may add a passage of up to five words as a Front-Cover Text,
    964      and a passage of up to 25 words as a Back-Cover Text, to the end
    965      of the list of Cover Texts in the Modified Version.  Only one
    966      passage of Front-Cover Text and one of Back-Cover Text may be
    967      added by (or through arrangements made by) any one entity.  If the
    968      Document already includes a cover text for the same cover,
    969      previously added by you or by arrangement made by the same entity
    970      you are acting on behalf of, you may not add another; but you may
    971      replace the old one, on explicit permission from the previous
    972      publisher that added the old one.
    973 
    974      The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by this
    975      License give permission to use their names for publicity for or to
    976      assert or imply endorsement of any Modified Version.
    977 
    978   5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
    979 
    980      You may combine the Document with other documents released under
    981      this License, under the terms defined in section 4 above for
    982      modified versions, provided that you include in the combination
    983      all of the Invariant Sections of all of the original documents,
    984      unmodified, and list them all as Invariant Sections of your
    985      combined work in its license notice, and that you preserve all
    986      their Warranty Disclaimers.
    987 
    988      The combined work need only contain one copy of this License, and
    989      multiple identical Invariant Sections may be replaced with a single
    990      copy.  If there are multiple Invariant Sections with the same name
    991      but different contents, make the title of each such section unique
    992      by adding at the end of it, in parentheses, the name of the
    993      original author or publisher of that section if known, or else a
    994      unique number.  Make the same adjustment to the section titles in
    995      the list of Invariant Sections in the license notice of the
    996      combined work.
    997 
    998      In the combination, you must combine any sections Entitled
    999      "History" in the various original documents, forming one section
   1000      Entitled "History"; likewise combine any sections Entitled
   1001      "Acknowledgements", and any sections Entitled "Dedications".  You
   1002      must delete all sections Entitled "Endorsements."
   1003 
   1004   6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
   1005 
   1006      You may make a collection consisting of the Document and other
   1007      documents released under this License, and replace the individual
   1008      copies of this License in the various documents with a single copy
   1009      that is included in the collection, provided that you follow the
   1010      rules of this License for verbatim copying of each of the
   1011      documents in all other respects.
   1012 
   1013      You may extract a single document from such a collection, and
   1014      distribute it individually under this License, provided you insert
   1015      a copy of this License into the extracted document, and follow
   1016      this License in all other respects regarding verbatim copying of
   1017      that document.
   1018 
   1019   7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
   1020 
   1021      A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other
   1022      separate and independent documents or works, in or on a volume of
   1023      a storage or distribution medium, is called an "aggregate" if the
   1024      copyright resulting from the compilation is not used to limit the
   1025      legal rights of the compilation's users beyond what the individual
   1026      works permit.  When the Document is included in an aggregate, this
   1027      License does not apply to the other works in the aggregate which
   1028      are not themselves derivative works of the Document.
   1029 
   1030      If the Cover Text requirement of section 3 is applicable to these
   1031      copies of the Document, then if the Document is less than one half
   1032      of the entire aggregate, the Document's Cover Texts may be placed
   1033      on covers that bracket the Document within the aggregate, or the
   1034      electronic equivalent of covers if the Document is in electronic
   1035      form.  Otherwise they must appear on printed covers that bracket
   1036      the whole aggregate.
   1037 
   1038   8. TRANSLATION
   1039 
   1040      Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may
   1041      distribute translations of the Document under the terms of section
   1042      4.  Replacing Invariant Sections with translations requires special
   1043      permission from their copyright holders, but you may include
   1044      translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the
   1045      original versions of these Invariant Sections.  You may include a
   1046      translation of this License, and all the license notices in the
   1047      Document, and any Warranty Disclaimers, provided that you also
   1048      include the original English version of this License and the
   1049      original versions of those notices and disclaimers.  In case of a
   1050      disagreement between the translation and the original version of
   1051      this License or a notice or disclaimer, the original version will
   1052      prevail.
   1053 
   1054      If a section in the Document is Entitled "Acknowledgements",
   1055      "Dedications", or "History", the requirement (section 4) to
   1056      Preserve its Title (section 1) will typically require changing the
   1057      actual title.
   1058 
   1059   9. TERMINATION
   1060 
   1061      You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document
   1062      except as expressly provided for under this License.  Any other
   1063      attempt to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Document is
   1064      void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this
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   1068 
   1069  10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
   1070 
   1071      The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions of
   1072      the GNU Free Documentation License from time to time.  Such new
   1073      versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may
   1074      differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.  See
   1075      `http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/'.
   1076 
   1077      Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version
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   1080      have the option of following the terms and conditions either of
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   1082      published (not as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation.  If
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   1084      you may choose any version ever published (not as a draft) by the
   1085      Free Software Foundation.
   1086 
   1087 15.1 ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
   1088 =========================================================
   1089 
   1090 To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of
   1091 the License in the document and put the following copyright and license
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   1093 
   1094        Copyright (C)  YEAR  YOUR NAME.
   1095        Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
   1096        under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
   1097        or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
   1098        with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover
   1099        Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
   1100        Free Documentation License''.
   1101 
   1102    If you have Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts and Back-Cover
   1103 Texts, replace the "with...Texts." line with this:
   1104 
   1105          with the Invariant Sections being LIST THEIR TITLES, with
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   1108 
   1109    If you have Invariant Sections without Cover Texts, or some other
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   1111 situation.
   1112 
   1113    If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we
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   1116 permit their use in free software.
   1117 
   1118 
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