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RE: [dsdp-dd-dev] Editor technology subgroup
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If this is true, it's extremely surprising. Interleaved
source/disassemble is a staple in many debuggers. How a company would
go about successfully patenting the implementation of such a feature
in an open source product is puzzling, to say the least. Copyrighting
an implementation is one thing; patenting the idea is another story.
John
At 10:28 AM 5/10/2006, Recoskie, Chris wrote:
A caveat:
I have heard that TI holds a patent on showing interleaved
source/disassembly in the editor window (but not in other windows, so
the current Disassembly View does not infringe this patent as I
understand it). I don't think it would be any sort of problem to get
this patent licensed royalty-free to Eclipse for such a feature, but it
is an IP issue that will have to go through due diligence for sure.
Disclaimer: I am not a patent lawyer and I have no authority to license
the aforementioned patent, if it exists, on behalf of TI.
___________________________________________
Chris Recoskie
Software Designer
Texas Instruments, Toronto
http://eclipse.org/cdt
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dsdp-dd-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dsdp-dd-dev-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Cortell
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:19 AM
> To: Device Debugging developer discussions; dsdp-dd-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [dsdp-dd-dev] Editor technology subgroup
>
> Ewa,
>
> What are the BV bug numbers? They're not Bugzilla reports from what I
can
> tell.
>
> I entered a bugzilla report for "Jump to Line" a while back
>
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=118147
>
>
> We are also very interested in mixed disassembler/source mode
> debugging. It seems this would be best implemented if indeed all
> three modes are provided in the editor. Your suggested approach seems
> feasible to me; the debugger could generate files on the fly. The
> trick would be to make that approach look natural to the user, so
> he's not aware that he's looking at a temporary file.
>
> John
>
>
> At 08:46 PM 5/9/2006, Ewa Matejska wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm soliciting ideas for enhancements to the Editor to improve the
> >embedded development experience.
> >
> >Possible ideas are:
> >
> >1. Add the "Jump to Line" option the editor margin menu. BV118147.
> >
> >2. Merge the Disassembly view into the Editor. This could be
> >achieved in having a special read-only debug file for each debug
> >session whose state would toggle between source, disassembly and
> >mixed in some way. Related bug is BV39644.
> >
> >These ideas will be captured at:
> >http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/DSDP/DD/Editor
> >
> >Chris Recoskie, as the lead of the Disassembly View, what do you
> >think of idea#2?
> >
> >Thank You,
> >Ewa.
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