Re: [boost] OT: Debugger and tools on linux - was: [logging] lots of warnings

From: Bjørn Roald (bjorn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-11 14:56:05

Niitsuma Hirotaka skrev:
> How about
> M-x gdb
> with
>   (setq gdb-many-windows t)
>   (setq gdb-use-separate-io-buffer t)
> in .emacs.el
>   

I will try those options.

> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/GrandUnifiedDebugger
>   
I would not recomend gud/gdb for debugging to people not using or 
determined to start using Emacs.  I think you should have other reasons 
to start using Emacs than the debugger support.  Sure, for those that 
use emacs, gud/gdb is an option.  GUD even support multipple debugger 
back-ends.  In the new GNU Emacs 22.x the GUD user interface has 
improved a lot, more tempting but I am still not convinced.  I am not a 
gud/gdb fan, even though I use emacs as often I can :-)  I have tried to 
get used  to using gud/gdb a few times as it integrate better with my 
favorit editor than other debuggers.   Problem is I know all too well 
how to do my debugging in VisualStudio and SunStudio, so it is a 
frustrating exercise to learn a new debugger user interface when I am 
not forced to.   In Linux, I have to say I debug as little as I can, I 
try to get things working on Solaris with Sun tools and in Windows with 
MS tools, then beg for it to work on Linux as well.  I may try some 
other tools on Linux next time I am forced to do serious debugging on 
that platform. 

I really only need to know how to use one debugger GUI if it only could 
work on all platforms :-)

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Bjørn