#568 Current active breakpoint does not show in source window

I know this has been reported several times with various
flavors and details and that some recommend to send
directly commands to gdb to work around this issue.
Now, the main reason why I am trying to use dev-c++ is
PRECISELY to take advantage of the easy-to-use
windows-based UI to the debugger, otherwise I would
stick to Emacs+home made makefiles, as they are very
efficient and convenient enough for developing as long
as debugging is not involved.
So, basically, I want to understand why this doesn't
work and why so few people seem to care about it.

Here's my configuration:

• Win2KPro
• devc++ 4.9.9.2
  (from devcpp-4.9.9.2_nomingw_setup.exe)
• cygwin dll v1.5.17
  Compiler comes with cygwin:
• GNU gdb 6.3.50_2004-12-28-cvs (cygwin-special)
• gcc version 3.4.4 (cygming special)

Cygwin is installed with "unix-style text files" option.

I wonder if this can fool the devcpp gdb interpreter
because line endings appear as small black rectangles in
the debug "log" output pane !

Here are my questions:

• are there any gdb options that could improve the
  readability of gdb output to devcpp interpreter ?
• would it help to enable "dos-style text files" in cygwin
  setup ?
• should I use the version of gdb distributed with
  devcpp ?

Aany help greatly appreciated.