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diff --git a/doc/en/howdoi.html b/doc/en/howdoi.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6191144 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/en/howdoi.html @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> +<html> +<head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> + <meta name="Author" content="Johannes Sixt"> + <title>KDbg - User's Manual - How Do I...?</title> +</head> +<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> +<p><a href="index.html">Contents</a></p> +<h1> +How Do I...?</h1> + +<h4> +... set breakpoints?</h4> +<p>There's more than one way to set a breakpoint:</p> +<ul> +<li> +You can set it in the source window by clicking on the "active area" at +the far left of the line.</li> + +<li> +You can set it by selecting the line in the source window and choosing +an option from the <i>Breakpoint</i> menu.</li> + +<li> +You can set it in the <a href="breakptlist.html">breakpoint list</a>.</li> +</ul> +<p>If you can't set breakpoints, maybe the program is currently running. You +can't set breakpoints while the program is running. Stop it first using +<i>Execution|Break</i>. +If you still can't set breakpoints, make sure that you have compiled <em>and +linked</em> your program with debugging information enabled.</p> +<h4> +... display the value of a global variable or an arbitrary expression?</h4> +<p>Use the <A href="watches.html">Watch window</A>.</p> +<h4> +... set watchpoints?</h4> +<p>Watchpoints are manipulated in the <a href="breakptlist.html">breakpoint +list</a>.</p> +<h4> +... use a core dump?</h4> +<p>First load the executable using <i>File|Executable</i>, then specify the +core dump using <i>File|Core dump</i>.</p> +<h4> +... debug a program that's caught in an endless loop?</h4> +<p>Start the program and let it run until it is in the endless loop. Then +switch to KDbg and choose <i>Execution|Break</i>. You've just caught the +nasty program <em>in flagranti</em>!</p> +<h4> +... achieve that the program passes over a breakpoint a number of times +before it stops?</h4> +<p>In the <a href="breakptlist.html">breakpoint list</a> select the breakpoint; +then click <i>Conditional</i> and specify the number of times to skip the +breakpoint in the <i>Ignore count</i> field.</p> +<h4> +... set environment variables for the executable?</h4> +<p>Select <i>Execution|Arguments</i> and specify the environment variables +in the <a href="argspwdenv.html#Environment">program arguments dialog</a>.</p> +<h4> +... set a working directory for the executable?</h4> +<p>Select <i>Execution|Arguments</i> and specify the working directory in +the <a href="argspwdenv.html#WorkingDir">program arguments dialog</a>.</p> +<h4> +... get rid of this terminal window?</h4> +<p>Select <i>Settings|This Program</i> and switch to the <a href="pgmsettings.html#output">Output</a> tab. +Select <i>Only output, simple terminal emulation</i> and click <i>OK</i>. +Now restart the program (choose it from the list under <i>File|Recent Executables</i>). +The program output goes now to the built-in <a href="pgmoutput.html">output +window</a> and stdin is redirected to <tt>/dev/null</tt>.</p> +<p>You must do this for every new program that you debug.</p> +<p><b><i>Important:</i></b> You should not do this if your program expects +input from the terminal (usually stdin) or if its output requires nifty +terminal emulation (more than carriage-return and line-feed). The built-in +output window does not support input and terminal emulation.</p> +</body> +</html> |