Debugging within Kdevelop 1.2 - Feature request

[John Birch]

On Sun, 09 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> i must say, that every other ide under windoof also debug's if i set
> breakpoints...
>
> it is a good idea with the switching between breakpoints or not !

Well, I still don't like this idea.

In the scheme described below, I cannot run under the debugger unless I set a 
breakpoint and I cannot run without the debugger unless I remove all my 
breakpoints. To my mind this is not a good idea.

jbb

>
> On Sat, 08 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > 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