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Re: [cdt-dev] Future of debugger console
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Hi all!
We've made some enhancements to the gdb console for our product, implementing command history, command completion and color codes handling.
I guess we may attempt contributing those changes, what do you think?
Ciao,
Giuseppe
---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:48:29 +0100
>From: "Bursian, Achim" <achim.bursian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [cdt-dev] Future of debugger console
>To: "'cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx'" <cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi,
> currently we are using gdb/CDI for our target
> debugging. Well, at least some people in our team
> use it. Whenever I suggest others to use
> Eclipse/CDT/CDI for their debugging needs, I get a
> lot of complaints about the "unusable console".
> Power users are quite used to type commands in a gdb
> console for special stuff. Some of them have used
> gdb directly for years, or a different GUI like
> Insight/gdb. They often have little snippets of gdb
> commands somewhere in a notes.txt, that get pasted
> to the console over and over. Of course, this is
> nothing that is needed by novices, but experienced
> users are common in the embedded world :-)
>
> The biggest complaints concerning the console in
> Eclipse are:
> * no command history (scrolling up through
> previous commands)
> * no command repetition with the Return key
> * no prompt (as a visual sign that a command has
> finished)
> * no protocol file (to save commands and output
> for later processing)
> * no aliases (?)
> * no auto completion for variable names or other
> stuff
> As far as I can see there were no enhancements in
> these areas with DSF. (Correct me if I'm wrong) So
> it wouldn't help to switch to DSF/gdb.
>
> Are there any plans to enhance the debugging console
> in the ways described?
> Is there anybody else here who sees the need for
> this?
>
> All the best, Achim
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