[Bug 56478] New: User should be able to specify an external non-gdb debugger

[zcu2k001 at sneakemail.com]

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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56478     
           Summary: User should be able to specify an external non-gdb
                    debugger
           Product: kdevelop
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdevelop-devel at kdevelop.org
        ReportedBy: zcu2k001 at sneakemail.com


Version:           unknown (using KDE 3.1.0)
Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.19-pre7

I would like to use Kdbg for my debugger since it works so well for me, but KDevelop doesn't seem to provide such an option to me. If I specify "/usr/bin/kdbg" for the "Debugger shell" field in the Project Options, I get an error from kdbg about an invalid argument. So KDevelop seems to expect only gdb-compatible debuggers in that field. I think it would be nice to give users who have trouble using KDevelop's built-in debugging interface (like me) a way to run their own external debugger application, such as Kdbg (rather than a gdb-style shell debugger).