Debugging within Kdevelop 1.2 - Feature request

[John Birch]

On Sun, 09 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> Hi, ( Warning - my english is horrible )
>
> I would want to tell my opinion about the subject.
>
> I have to say I did not yet dig into the source code of Kdevelop to verify
> my point or to modify the "run" command behaviour ( source code is too huge
> :).
>
> The only way I can make the integrated debugger to work when setting
> breakpoints
> is by pressing the cute little "gear-wearing-sunglasses"
> button. If I press the "run" button, the debugger does not start.
>
> Thus,  the "run" command don;t care about breakpoints.
> I think it is a faulty design.
>
>
> The behaviour of the run command should be:
>
> when  "Run" command issued;
>      if there are breakpoints then
>      {
>            verify and recompile source files which have new breakpoints
> then rebuild the app.
>             start with the integrated debugger - or issue the "debug"
> command instead...;
>      }
>      else just continue to run normally.
>
> Simple isn't it ?
>
> It is not clear how to start the integrated debugger correctly.
> I didn't know I have to press on the cute little "gear-wearing-sunglasses"
> icon button... until I pressed it at the right time.
>
> That's it.
> Is somebody is kindly considering this missing behaviour of the "run"
> command for the next version of Kdevelop ( 2.0 ?)

I disagree :-)

Sometimes I want to "run" sometimes I want to "debug", regardless of whether 
breakpoints are set or not. Note that I may want to run under the debugger 
_without_ having any breakpoints set, which means I must have a "debug" 
button.

I think the problem is that my documentation isn't very good for the 
debugger. I'll have to do better next time :(

>
> Yes, I am starting to be lazy because Kdevelop is too near to the
> perfection :)
>
> Other questions:
> I would want somebody to tell me about the state of "code completion".
> Where can I look for informations on the current Kdevlop's WorkInProgess ?

Current kdevelop2.0 is in cvs and is heavily under development (ie doesn't 
work :-). There is no "code completion" code in there yet

>
> thanks.
>
> regards,
> Serge Lussier