Paul Kinnucan wrote:

> J�rgen Jatzkowski writes:
>  > Hi,
>  > 
>  > I started using JDE as my favourite Java development environment ;) Now 
>  > that I want to debug my application using JDEbug I come into some 
>  > trouble when I step through the application:
>  > 
>  > - I started the application outside Emacs (GNU Emacs 20.7.1)
>  > - returning to JDE (2.2.8) I attach via local host on port 2112
>  > - I suspend the application, set some breakpoints and let the 
>  > application continue
>  > - so far fine, the application hits one breakpoint and I step through it
>  > - after some "step over" commands the debugger seems to hang
>  > 
>  > Is this a known phenomen?
>  > 
> 
> No. However, you should be aware that JDEbug is of alpha quality.
> It has not received much attention over the last two years because
> JDE users seemed more interested in other things like Ant support,
> hierarchical projects, and field and method completion.


Oops, I thought that a debugging facility would help a lot in finding 
tricky bugs...


> 
> I am now starting to devote most of my time to debugger support
> so the situation should improve. My first priority is to provide
> solid support for jdb because jdb is a more mature, though less
> capable, debugger. I then plan to work on JDEbug.


As I understood jdb is a reference implentation from Sun which has sme 
short comings. Wouldn't it make sense to invest into JDEBug ;) ?


> 
> What this means is that I probably won't fix JDEbugs immediately.
> 
> Of course, others can feel free to pitch in and help with JDEbug
> if they have the time and inclination.


My lisp skill is not to high, so I will try reproduce the situation 
described above. Maybe I will find the error. In the meantime I'm using 
IBM's JDK 1.3 which seems to work better. The next days will show if 
this remains true ;)

J�rgen

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