On Tuesday 10 December 2002 01:10 am, Jeff Smith wrote: > Can we do something like throw up a message box before loading the > debugger, asking if we want to debug? Or perhaps there should be a > command-line option to > the debugger that presents said dialog, then use that option when > starting the > debugger in the event of an crash. > > Perhaps this can be combined with some of the other ideas to create a > reasonable > user experience during a failure.
As you surely all know, this is common practice amongst various development environments and IMO wouldn't be a bad idea, at least as an optional (registry-configurable?) thing. Since I set winedbg to pop up in my main terminal, I would be especially pleased by this, since it would allow me to choose which of the ten processes that simultanously crashed I actually want attached to a debugger... there are all kinds of fancy possibilities that immediately come to mind, of course, but talk is cheap.... oh, and another nice thing: this provides feedback for crashes that occur when no terminal is attached (instead of silently disappearing windows). BTW, who the hell is Dr. Watson, and where can I find him 'cause I would like to beat him to a bloody pulp! ;) -- gmt
