[gvd-users] GVD 1.2.4 considerations

[Jean-Christophe Berthon]

And also a minor "forgot" UI function would be to be able to scroll
horizontally the source code....
But I really like the program


Best regards,
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Jean-Christophe Berthon



----- Original Message -----
From: "wwp" <subscript@free.fr>
To: <gvd-users@lists.act-europe.fr>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: [gvd-users] GVD 1.2.4 considerations


> Hi there,
>
>
> Newly subscribbed to this mailing list, I would like to thank the GVD
developers
> for this beautiful piece of software they've provided to the developers
community.
>
> I've just installed GVD 1.2.4 (binaries for GNU/linux x86), bored of some
DDD lacks
> and unconveniences.
> I've found GVD a professional look, and powerful features that make a
handy and
> convenient tool for debugging, clean, fast and solid.
>
>
> Unfortunately, I've found a few itchy things while debugging C/C++
programs, so I
> would like to report them, please tell me if I've missed something, or if
it exists
> some workarounds I've didn't noticed (sorry, it's quite long):
>
> - (UI: minor but boring)
> Double-clicking on the source view in order to select an identifier
doesn't select
> any identifier containing at least a '_' (underscore) in its name.
> I mean that if I double-click on a variable named "myVariable", it select
it OK then
> I can display/print it, and so on. But, double-clicking on a variable
named "my_variable"
> will only select "my" or "variable" (following where I've clicked). Is
this intentional?
>
> 1) (UI: minor)
> the left side tree shows the source files and their functions. What about
showing the main()?
> I was not able to return to the main(), except by scrolling the source
file, or with the
> "show current location" if only the current location is in the main() :-).
>
>
> 2) (data display: major)
> debugging a C++ program, GVD was not able to display _some_ objects
content.
> The display was empty, or if I try casting the pointer with the "display
expression"
> feature, the data window shows a pointer (0x..) and double-clicking on it
does
> nothing (DDD was able to display the content, as expected).
> Are there some known limitation in data displaying?
> I think this problem has to be digged a lil' bit. Should I provide more
info about the
> object (screenshot, class info, etc.)?
>
>
> 3) (sessions: major)
> When loading a specific saved session, I got a "Unexpected internal error,
please
> report" error displayed in the status bar. No other info, even when
launching GVD
> from a term, with the --log-level 4 command line. The message log only
shows a
> "(gdb) set args " followed by the args. I've noticed that the args string
is a lil' bit
> long (275 chars) and that manually making it shorter in the config file
will prevent
> the crash.
>
> Okay it seems that GVD has problems with long strings sent to gdb? But it
doesn't
> report verbose info, then crash after some strange behaviour :-\.
>
> Moreover:
> - I open GVD, then "File".. "Open session".. I click in the left pane on
the session
> I want to load. The right pane shows one entry (as expected).
> - I click on OK then I get the error describbed above.
> - I want to retry this: "File".. "Open session".. I click in the left pane
on the
> session I want to load again. The right pane then shows nothing!
> - I click on OK, then GVD disappears (probably segfault), nothing reported
on the
> term.
> Confusing isn't it?
>
>
> 4) (sessions: minor)
> When loading a session, it plays back the saved status. I mean that
everything is restored,
> including playing the command history.
> Could it be possible to _optionally_ restore the tracing status?
> Sessions are very handy to save open file/args, data displayed and
breakpoints, but
> it could be helpful to be able to choose if loading a session will "play"
the whole
> command history, or only restore data/breakpoints/views/etc.
>
>
> 5) (sessions: minor)
> Loading a previously saved session doesn't automatically restore the
left-side tree
> view. I mean that the pane shows "list of files" and that's all. Of course
right-clicking
> on it and "reload files" works but it doesn't restore this tree's status
(must be unsaved
> so).
> Could this be done automatically (or optionally), when loading a session?
>
>
> 6) (sessions: request)
> Would it be possible to use a command line option in order to load a
session at startup?
>
>
> Feel free to ask anything that could help understanding the problems
reported (screenshots,
> configuration, files, more testing, etc.).
>
>
> Thanx in advance for any reply,
>
> best regards
>
> --
> wwp
>
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