Merging launch framework

[Niko Sams]

On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:
> On 01.05.09 18:49:23, Niko Sams wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:
>> >> - porting of gdbtest (I'm fearing this might be a bit more work)
>> I did that - please review it.
>>
>> >> - adds yet another "start debugger" action as I didn't understand how to
>> >>   integrate with the existing one in debuggercontroller
>> I simply removed those actions. Should be ok.
>
> Thanks.
>
>> > Oh and yeah, I've comitted this stuff now, its been a royal pita with
>> > keeping up with the changes from everybody and the new stuff does work in
>> > general.
>> Great. Looks very good so far. Tough a bit complicated (api wise).
>
> Heh, yeah I thought Eclipse version was overdesigned, but unfortunately I
> couldn't come up with something better :) Feel free to start a discussion
> about anything you'd like to simplify.
>
> I guess the API docs would benefit from some examples.
>
>> Could you help
>> me where/how I can implement:
>> - a php cli launcher (or a generic script launcher? or use native application?)
>
> I suggest to create a new launch type, as for scripts you usually want to
> specify which script interpreter to use. Without much thinking I guess a
> generic "Script Application" type is ok. To do that, create a new
> LaunchConfigType subclass, a proper launch config page subclass and a
> Launcher subclass. Then in the constructor of your plugin create an
> instance of the type class and register it with the runcontroller.
> The actual execution is done from a kjob subclass that you need to write
> and instances of that are created from your launchers start() method.
> I think the execute plugin is a small-enough but complete example for how
> this can be done.
>
>> - a php browser launcher (or a generic browser launcher?)
>
> Same as above basically, provide a gui to setup the launch and create a
> kjob sublass that reads from the config and creates a KProcess or similar.
>
>> - how i can get xdebug working again
>> (just what interfaces I need to implement etc.)
>
> I guess you'll have two plugins for "generic script execution" and php
> debugger (or is xdebug multi-language?). If so you'll probably want a
> LaunchConfigurationPage subclass for xdebug specific config pages, a
> Launcher subclass to create an apropriate job class and that launcher
> should supply the "debug" as supported mode. And you need to register the
> laucher with the run controller for the "script" launch config type. See
> DebuggerPlugin::DebuggerPlugin in gdb for an example.
>
> Andreas
>
Thanks for your explanations. I'll work on this once I have my gdb
todo list finished...

Niko