Karr, David writes: > I've decided to try experimenting with the jde debugger to see if it has > features that make it worth using over netbeans. > > I first set "jde-debugger" to "Jdebug" in customize. Should I be using > Jdebug for this, or "jdb"? >
I'd start with using the JDEE's interface to jdb. I revised the JDEE's debug infrastructure recently and ported jdb to use the new infrastructure. Still to be done is to port JDEbug. The jdb interface appears to be pretty solid based on my use of it. I've been using it to debug an XML application. This requires putting the debugger in listen mode and then starting the other application. It works very nicely. I am able to step through the code and examine variable values. Paul > I'm not certain exactly what I'm supposed to set up now. > > I see the user guide mentions setting the "location of the JPDA > libraries". It has examples for JDK 1.3 and 1.2.2, but not 1.4.x. The > customize info for that variable specifically says you only need to set > this variable for a 1.2 JVM. > > The "jre home" variable seems to be needed if I start the debuggee > through the debugger. I'm not. I'm only going to be remotely > connecting, so it appears that I wouldn't set that variable. > > I set the "Server Socket" variable to the JPDA port my debuggee is > configured for. The customize info for this variable seems ambiguous > whether this is the correct variable to set. > > At this point, the contents of the "Attach Process" menu is grayed out, > so I can't select a server to connect to.
