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<h3 class="section">25.1 TUI Overview</h3>
<p>In TUI mode, <span class="sc">gdb</span> can display several text windows:
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<dt><em>command</em><dd>This window is the <span class="sc">gdb</span> command window with the <span class="sc">gdb</span>
prompt and the <span class="sc">gdb</span> output. The <span class="sc">gdb</span> input is still
managed using readline.
<br><dt><em>source</em><dd>The source window shows the source file of the program. The current
line and active breakpoints are displayed in this window.
<br><dt><em>assembly</em><dd>The assembly window shows the disassembly output of the program.
<br><dt><em>register</em><dd>This window shows the processor registers. Registers are highlighted
when their values change.
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<p>The source and assembly windows show the current program position
by highlighting the current line and marking it with a &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">&gt;</span></samp>&rsquo; marker.
Breakpoints are indicated with two markers. The first marker
indicates the breakpoint type:
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<dt><code>B</code><dd>Breakpoint which was hit at least once.
<br><dt><code>b</code><dd>Breakpoint which was never hit.
<br><dt><code>H</code><dd>Hardware breakpoint which was hit at least once.
<br><dt><code>h</code><dd>Hardware breakpoint which was never hit.
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<p>The second marker indicates whether the breakpoint is enabled or not:
<dl>
<dt><code>+</code><dd>Breakpoint is enabled.
<br><dt><code>-</code><dd>Breakpoint is disabled.
</dl>
<p>The source, assembly and register windows are updated when the current
thread changes, when the frame changes, or when the program counter
changes.
<p>These windows are not all visible at the same time. The command
window is always visible. The others can be arranged in several
layouts:
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<li>source only,
<li>assembly only,
<li>source and assembly,
<li>source and registers, or
<li>assembly and registers.
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<p>A status line above the command window shows the following information:
<dl>
<dt><em>target</em><dd>Indicates the current <span class="sc">gdb</span> target.
(see <a href="Targets.html#Targets">Specifying a Debugging Target</a>).
<br><dt><em>process</em><dd>Gives the current process or thread number.
When no process is being debugged, this field is set to <code>No process</code>.
<br><dt><em>function</em><dd>Gives the current function name for the selected frame.
The name is demangled if demangling is turned on (see <a href="Print-Settings.html#Print-Settings">Print Settings</a>).
When there is no symbol corresponding to the current program counter,
the string <code>??</code> is displayed.
<br><dt><em>line</em><dd>Indicates the current line number for the selected frame.
When the current line number is not known, the string <code>??</code> is displayed.
<br><dt><em>pc</em><dd>Indicates the current program counter address.
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