mdb: unknown command size

[ulidtko]

mdb> help size
size NUM
     Set the maximum number of function symbols to be printed in terms
     to NUM.

size io NUM
     Set the maximum number of function symbols to be printed in I/O
     actions to NUM.  I/O actions are printed using the browser's 'print
     *' command so the 'size io' command updates the configuration
     parameters for the browser's 'print *' command.

mdb> size 200
Unknown command `size'. Give the command `help' for help.

[zsomogyi]

The "size" command is for the declarative debugger, not the procedural debugger.
It is only the procedural debugger that gives the "mdb>" prompt. The error you got
is therefore exactly as expected; it is the documentation above that is misleading.

I proposed a fix of the documentation on the mailing list.

[ulidtko]

What is this, then?

mdb> browse
browser> size
Browser default format: flat
                                 depth     size      width     lines     
Browser flat:                    10        30        80        25        
Browser verbose:                 10        30        80        25        
Browser pretty:                  10        30        80        25        
Browser raw_pretty:              10        30        80        25        

Print default format: flat
                                 depth     size      width     lines     
Print flat:                      3         10        80        25        
Print verbose:                   3         10        80        25        
Print pretty:                    3         10        80        25        
Print raw_pretty:                3         10        80        25        

Printall default format: flat
                                 depth     size      width     lines     
Printall flat:                   3         10        80        2         
Printall verbose:                3         10        80        5         
Printall pretty:                 3         10        80        2         
Printall raw_pretty:             3         10        80        2         

Number of I/O actions printed is: 20
Current path is: /

And how do I raise the term length limit for the mdb pretty-printer?

[ulidtko]

Something needs to be fixed here, be it documentation or the command.

[wangp]

And how do I raise the term length limit for the mdb pretty-printer?

See the format_param command, e.g. format_param size 50. You can add aliases in ~/.mdbrc.