From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 28 20: 3:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from atlrel2.hp.com (atlrel2.hp.com [156.153.255.202]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B802F14F7A for ; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 20:03:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from postal.sr.hp.com (root@postal.sr.hp.com [15.4.46.173]) by atlrel2.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id XAA17340; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 23:02:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com (root@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by postal.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17190)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id UAA18305; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 20:02:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id UAA18207; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 20:02:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199908290302.UAA18207@mina.sr.hp.com> To: Mark Thomas Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GDB front ends anyone? Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 28 Aug 1999 14:36:57 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 20:02:50 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark Thomas wrote: > I've just started porting some quasi-generic C++ code from Windows to UNIX > using gcc2.95.1. After plunking around with raw gdb for a few hours I > quickly desired a graphical front-end. (I'll give MS credit - VCs debugging > environment is nice). Anyhow, I'm guessing debugger FEs are > quasi-religious, but nevertheless I'll ask: Anyone have a preference? [ Jihad alert! ] DDD, without a doubt. Being able to graphically display data structures, follow "next" pointers, etc. is a godsend. Seriously, check out the DDD website: http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/softech/ddd/ If you're in a rush, check out the screen dumps. DDD is an excellent front-end for gdb. -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message