debugger request

[John Birch]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> Hi jbb & others
>
>
> Is there a way to make the variable folder become top upon start of the
> internal debugger? 
Good idea - although in kdevelop2 this might not be an issue :-) I'll not do 
this for 1.2 now. 
So... take a look at setupInternalDebugger() in ckdevelop.cpp and try adding 
var_viewer->setFocus() ?? somewhere appropriate. See if that works :-) If you 
feel that works really nice, then I'll accept the patch :-)

> Also it would be nice to have the main variable tree
> inflated, too, as these are two mouse clicks I have to do every time I
> start the debugger. 
Ah - this is an issue with speed and stepping. Having the variable list open 
means I must do a "info local". If the local list is large this command, at 
the gdb end,  takes a loooong time causing stepping through code to be slow.
Having the tree "deflated" means I can avoid this slow down. So what's it to 
be, slow stepping or one extra click? (or, eeek, another option :-)

> Is there a reason why the variable tree of a data
> structure deflates uppon change? It would be better if it would keep
> it's shape. Would this be feasible?

Don't understand. What do you mean "upon change"? Are you talking about 
stepping through code and the tree deflates? That shouldn't happen, once 
open, it should stay open, but I remember some problems in that area at one 
point :-) Can you try the cvs version of 1.2 and see if that fixes this 
problem. If not, let us know.

jbb