[PD-dev] debugging pd with gdb or ddd

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On May 28, 2006, at 9:21 PM, Tim Blechmann wrote:

> On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 00:39 +0200, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>> Get ready to laugh... when I need to run gdb on an extern, I just
>>>> link
>>>> the thing into Pd, debug it, and then take it back out.  Easier
>> than
>>>> figuring out how to get gdb to see dlopen()-ed code...
>>>
>>> type this in gdb:
>>>
>>>   add-symbol-file my_blah.pd_linux
>>>
>>> it's the second line when you type this other gdb command:
>>>
>>>   help files
>>
>> You win the prize!!!
>
> it should be possible to run an embedded gdb in about every editor,
> that's designed for writing source code ...
> i've been running gdb within emacs and eclipse and i guess, other  
> ide's
> like vi(m), kdevelop offer similar features (well, maybe not nano or
> pico)
> setting a breakpoint in emacs/gud is as simple as typing C-x  
> space ....

I started a wiki page to start documenting this and filled in my  
session.  More info would be greatly appreciated.

http://puredata.org/docs/developer/UsingGdbToDebugPdExternals


.hc

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