Re: ANN: PowerDebug (was Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0)

2010-09-10 Thread Mark Wieder
Monte- Thursday, September 9, 2010, 8:34:11 PM, you wrote: Did you know revTools comes back toplevel after it's hidden? I'm sure it's fixed in the newer version OK - that's a new one. I've never seen that, and none of the beta testers have ever reported seeing it. Maybe there's some

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0

2010-09-09 Thread Peter Haworth
I have a variation on this behaviour I've noticed. My main stack inserts some front scripts from another stack. I recent;y needed to debug a problem in one of the front scripts that was called in the preOpenCard event of my main stack so set a breakpoint in the fornt script, quit

ANN: PowerDebug (was Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0)

2010-09-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Pete- Thursday, September 9, 2010, 9:24:50 AM, you wrote: I have a variation on this behaviour I've noticed. My main stack inserts some front scripts from another stack. I recent;y needed to debug a problem in one of the front scripts that was called in the preOpenCard event of my main

Re: ANN: PowerDebug (was Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0)

2010-09-09 Thread Neal Campbell
I just call it from the message box. Its a bit manual but not oppressive. Neal On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: Pete- Thursday, September 9, 2010, 9:24:50 AM, you wrote: I have a variation on this behaviour I've noticed. My main stack inserts

Re: ANN: PowerDebug (was Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0)

2010-09-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Neal- Thursday, September 9, 2010, 5:08:26 PM, you wrote: I just call it from the message box. Its a bit manual but not oppressive. Ah, yes. The message box has its own special environment, and it can trigger preOpenCard things because it's not trying to debug itself while it's trying to open

Re: ANN: PowerDebug (was Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0)

2010-09-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/9/10 5:30 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: You can't debug preOpenXXX handlers with the builtin debugger. I'm pretty sure I did, but with a printed breakpoint line instead of a red dot in the side gutter. It's been a while though, maybe I'm misremembering. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay |

Re: ANN: PowerDebug (was Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0)

2010-09-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Jacque- Thursday, September 9, 2010, 6:35:09 PM, you wrote: On 9/9/10 5:30 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: You can't debug preOpenXXX handlers with the builtin debugger. I'm pretty sure I did, but with a printed breakpoint line instead of a red dot in the side gutter. It's been a while though,

Re: ANN: PowerDebug (was Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0)

2010-09-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Hah! Fooled myself. I had previously put in a trap not to open the debugger for testing. That'll learn me. Never mind. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: ANN: PowerDebug (was Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0)

2010-09-09 Thread Monte Goulding
Hi Mark I can see a prefs xml file is created by PowerDebug. How do I get to the preference settings? It would be handy if I got to them via the Plugins menu but that's the execution error dialog and it hides itself immediately. Also is it possible to turn off the tools palette hiding. I have

Re: ANN: PowerDebug (was Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0)

2010-09-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Monte- Thursday, September 9, 2010, 7:23:06 PM, you wrote: Hi Mark I can see a prefs xml file is created by PowerDebug. How do I get to the preference settings? It would be handy if I got to them via the Plugins menu but that's the execution error dialog and it hides itself immediately.

Re: ANN: PowerDebug (was Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0)

2010-09-09 Thread Monte Goulding
Yeah, I know. Bringing it up from the plugins menu attempts to start the debugger with no debug context, which just confuses everyone. You *can* bring up the main page from the Application Browser and then click the help icon from there, but that's kind of an ugly way to go about it as well.

Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0

2010-09-08 Thread Jim Ault
I have been using version 4.0 for about 2 months and find one thing very annoying, that does not happen in version 3.5 When I set a breakpoint in the margin that appears as a red circle, then run the handler, the breakpoint works as expected. If I make a change in the code on a

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0 - clarification

2010-09-08 Thread Jim Ault
On Sep 8, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Jim Ault wrote: I have been using version 4.0 for about 2 months and find one thing very annoying, that does not happen in version 3.5 It does happen in 4.03.5 on OSX 10.6.4Mac mini 2.4 Ghz Intel CoreDuo 4.0on OSX 10.5.8 G5 PPC but not

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0

2010-09-08 Thread DunbarX
I don't see this behavior at all, and I bet nobody else does. Wierd, but it is something in your setup. This would be maddening, as you say. Anyone? Craig Newman ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0

2010-09-08 Thread DunbarX
Jim. I guess I should have mentioned that the problem does not exist in OS 10.4.11. Rev v. 4.0 (build 950) Craig ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0

2010-09-08 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hey! I was having that exact problem with GLX2 (which I still use and love btw). I thought it was an incompatibility with Rev 4. Are you saying you never used GLX2 and you are still having the problem?? My problem was at times related to the fact that sometimes debug mode would turn itself off.

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0

2010-09-08 Thread Jim Ault
On Sep 8, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Hey! I was having that exact problem with GLX2 (which I still use and love btw). I thought it was an incompatibility with Rev 4. Are you saying you never used GLX2 and you are still having the problem?? My problem was at times related to the

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0

2010-09-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Bob, Jim, et al- Breakpoints are stored by the engine as a line number offset into a script. If you edit the script after setting a breakpoint, it's up to the script editor to adjust the breakpoints to accomodate the lines added or deleted. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. GLX2 has two

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0 - solved

2010-09-08 Thread Jim Ault
On Sep 8, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Bob, Jim, et al- Breakpoints are stored by the engine as a line number offset into a script. If you edit the script after setting a breakpoint, it's up to the script editor to adjust the breakpoints to accomodate the lines added or deleted.

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0

2010-09-08 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/8/10 4:10 PM, Jim Ault wrote: Correct. Execution does not stop once I have added a character to the code and compiled. Saving does not seem to have any effect. I have not installed GLX2 or any other code editor or debugger. My experience has been that editing anything under the

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0 - solved

2010-09-08 Thread stephen barncard
And thanks for sharing the results. We can all use this info. On 8 September 2010 15:00, Jim Ault jimaultw...@yahoo.com wrote: At least I now have a path to refurbishing old stacks to get back code editing ease, if they need it. This is a task for this very evening. This is good...

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0

2010-09-08 Thread Bob Sneidar
It sounds like the token used in the compiled code for debug is getting misplaced/ removed when an edit and recompile takes place. Bob On Sep 8, 2010, at 2:10 PM, Jim Ault wrote: On Sep 8, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Hey! I was having that exact problem with GLX2 (which I

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0

2010-09-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Jacque- Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 3:10:43 PM, you wrote: My experience has been that editing anything under the breakpoint (lines with higher numbers) works okay. Adding or removing lines above the breakpoint (lower line numbers) causes problems. Changing something in a line that

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0

2010-09-08 Thread Bob Sneidar
Fascinating. So how would I set a soft breakpoint as opposed to a hard one? I use the breakpoint command. Is that the hard one? Which then is the soft breakpoint used by GLX2? Bob On Sep 8, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Bob, Jim, et al- Breakpoints are stored by the engine as a

Re: Question about the debugger in Rev 4.0

2010-09-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Bob- Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 3:23:17 PM, you wrote: Fascinating. So how would I set a soft breakpoint as opposed to a hard one? I use the breakpoint command. Is that the hard one? Which then is the soft breakpoint used by GLX2? Yes - the breakpoint command (or control-B )sets a hard