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Date:      Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:27:32 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Steve Watt <steve@Watt.COM>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nvi for serious hacking
Message-ID:  <20051019202732.GJ7346@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <200510191959.j9JJx4Sr067680@wattres.watt.com>
References:  <4352D860.000002.03681@tide.yandex.ru> <200510191959.j9JJx4Sr067680@wattres.watt.com>

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On Wed, 2005-Oct-19 12:59:04 -0700, Steve Watt wrote:
>In article <4352D860.000002.03681@tide.yandex.ru> you write:
>>Does it have interface to gdb? And such other things..)
...
>I can't imagine why an editor should interface with gdb -- that's what
>other windows are for.

When stepping through code, it's nice to have the current line and
surrounding context automatically displayed (without clogging up your
gdb session with an extra 10-20 lines of output for each step).  It's
also nice to able to scroll back through your entire debugging session.

-- 
Peter Jeremy



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