From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 18 8:56: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from cygnus.rush.net (cygnus.rush.net [209.45.245.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4B971177E for ; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 08:55:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@cygnus.rush.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by cygnus.rush.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA12535; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:40:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:30:08 -0500 (EST) From: perlsta Reply-To: perlsta To: Terry Lambert Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gdb sucks - and I need to get around it. help? In-Reply-To: <199902171829.LAA19473@usr07.primenet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Terry Lambert wrote: > I actually *prefer* post-morteming core files, and instrumenting > the code such that I know what's going wrong. > > I occasionally use the Microsoft source level debugger (I have to > admit that getting the contents of variables as a tool-tip, merely > by leaving the mouse pointer over them for a second is pretty damn > cool), but like the VMS debugger (and, frequently, gdb), you have have you tried 'ddd' there is a statically linked Motif version in the packages collection, i find ddd VERY nice. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message