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What's the debugger for?

JavaBoy - The Portable Gameboy Emulator for Java
It's a tool that can be used to debug Gameboy games while they're in development. You can examine the internal state of the gameboy, and change it to see how the game responds. It came in very handy to debug the emulator too.

What is the debugger and why is it there?

Daedalus
The debugger provides useful information to people who are making bug reports and it also displays the FPS you are getting in the given game.

Is there a debugger specifically for Perl/Tk?

comp.lang.perl.tk FAQ
Not for the latest version - but the -w switch and use strict; are always helpful with debugging as they provide informative error messages. You can, of course, run under the standard perl debugger using the -d switch like so: perl -d myscript But it is recommended that you set you breakpoints carefully since just the calls to ManWindow->new require many steps. Older information): Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.

Why is the debugger called Lucifer?

HI-TECH Software Frequently Asked Questions
The name "Lucifer" is a Latin name for the morning star (Venus) and means "light-bringer". It was a common proper name during the Middle Ages. The debugger is intended to shed light inside the "black box" of an embedded system. The name has no religious significance.

How do I launch a debugger when a test fails?

JUnit FAQ
Start the TestRunner under the debugger and configure the debugger so that it catches the junit.framework.AssertionFailedError. How you configure this depends on the debugger you prefer to use. Most Java debuggers provide support to stop the program when a specific exception is raised.

Is there a debugger plugin?

Plugin Questions
A plugin based on the version 1.4 of the JSwat debugger application is currently available for download using jEdit's Plugin Manager feature. The JDebugger plugin is also available. JPyDebugger offers debugging for Python. The GdbPlugin provides gdb/mi support for C/C++ programs. Any development on integrating an XSL parser? It would be great to have the possibility to do XSL + XSLT -> XHTML development in the same environment as other development.

Why don't I get source level debugging information in my emulator/debugger?

HI-TECH Software Frequently Asked Questions
When I compile my program and load it into the debugger/emulator/whatever, I can get global symbols, but no source line numbers. Why is this? A: Probably because you did not use the HPD "Options/Source level debug info" setting (in some versions this is moved into the "Symbol and map file options" dialog) or from the command line you did not use the -g option to the command line driver. Note that if you use the command line driver separately to compile to .

How do I examine a caught exception without breaking in the debugger?

Debugging - Windows Forms FAQs
There are .NET Framework classes that will give you the call stack information at a particular point. Call this method inside the catch block. using System; using System.Diagnostics; using System.Reflection; using System.Text; public static void TraceCaughtException...

Q#13.2: Why is the Splat! debugger crashing when my code calls fork(2)?

news.answers/apple2/GNO-faq
A#13.2: Splat was not originally designed for GNO. When GNO does a fork(2) or fork2(2) call, some very non-standard things are happening in the IIgs execution environment. Splat cannot currently handle these operations. A request has been submitted to the author of Splat! for an upgrade to handle this behavior but he has not yet had time to do it; he is also busy working on other IIgs projects.

Is there a debugger available for Linux?

SGI - Products: Software: Linux Development FAQ
Intel idb is a debugger that is included with the Intel C/C++ and Intel Fortran compilers. TotalView Technologies TotalView® is available from TotalView Technologies (www.totalviewtech.com), and gdb is currently available via the GNU organization.

What debugger do I use with Toolkit?

MKS Toolkit, D?veloppement UNIX et Windows - FAQs
You can use any Microsoft VC++-compatible debugger. The two from Microsoft are the VC++ debugger msdev, and windbg from the Windows SDK. There are also other commercially available debuggers. You can attach to a running program by typing msdev -p pid on a command line, where pid is the process ID of the running program (from the Task Manager or elsewhere). You can attach to a running program by using the Task Manager; right click on the process in question and select Debug.

How will this affect Eric the debugger?

theKompany.com :: Products : BlackAdder : FAQ
We will not be developing Eric further. We will accept patches and will continue to distribute it with PyQt.

Is a parallel debugger available?

ACRL home
Yes. In addition to the standard sequential debugger, dbx, Symphony has a parallel debugger, which is available in two versions: pdbx and pedb. The pdbx debugger provides a command-line interface to IBM's parallel operating environment (POE) debugging facility. The pedb is a graphical interface to the same facility. See man pdbx, man pedb and IBM's Hitchhiker's Guide.

How do I set the debugger to Break on Exception?

Windows Forms FAQ - VS.NET Debugging
In VS.NET go to the Debug Menu >> "Exceptions..." >> "Common Language Runtime Exceptions" >> "System" and select "System.NullReferenceException" In the botton of that dialog there is a "When the exception is thrown:" group box, select "Break into the debugger" Run your scenario. When the exception is thrown, the debugger will stop and notify you with a dialog that says something like:

How do I activate the OpenVMS Debugger from an application?

OpenVMS FAQ -&- page 15
include {lib$routines.h} #include {ssdef.h} #include {string.h} main() { char ascic_debug_commands[128]; char *dbgcmd = "*show calls;go;exit"; strcpy( ascic_debug_commands, dbgcmd ); ascic_debug_commands[0] = (char) strlen( dbgcmd ) - 1; lib$signal(SS$_DEBUG,1,ascic_debug_commands); return 1; } Also see Section 10.28 for another related discussion of the OpenVMS Debugger, and of a technique that uses the SS$_DEBUG signal.
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