RFC: KDevelop4 icons, what do we want/need?

[Vladimir Prus]

On Tuesday 30 January 2007 19:46, kitts wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 Jan 2007 IST, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> > > or
> > > - Start Debugging keeps its icon, but is renamed to Restart when the
> > > program is running. Pause gets its own steady place in the toolbar, and
> > > is only enabled when the program is running.
> >
> > It won't work either. Now "Start" is renamed to "Resume" when debugger
> > starts. And "Resume" is not the same as "Restart" -- "Resume" continues
> > execution from the current position and "Restart" starts application from
> > the start.
> 
> I dont know well about usability but; when the app is being debugged, it 
> would be a 'restart' button, when paused or before start, it would be a 
> start/continue button.

So, when an app is paused, you cannot restart it? I don't see why this is
good idea, most often I want to restart application exactly when
it's paused.

> These apart, i would really request for a button that does "show line being 
> executed". This currently does not exist (AFAIK) and at times when browsing 
> through the source after a 'pause' i am unable to find my way back and i 
> need to do a step to know where i was. :-)

Please file an issue with KDE bugzilla.

- Volodya