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Re: [cdt-dev] Debugging without a project
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Hi Ed,
thanks for the info, I was not aware of this feature.
I just tried it and I do like it. However, there is
no Debug As... context menu, so it didn't quite do it
for me :-)
For the very simple use case of using Eclipse as a rich
frontend to GDB, I personally think the Executables view
adds unecessary complexity. Allowing to simply choose a
binary in the launch seems easier to me.
Thanks
marc
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ed.Swartz@xxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:08 PM
> To: cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] Debugging without a project
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> I think the "Executables" view was invented precisely for
> this purpose -- drag/import an executable there, right-click,
> and Debug As... on it. No need to manually create a project.
>
> Of course, this does *implicitly* create an "Executables"
> project behind the scenes, with links to the actual
> executable(s), thus filling the role of the "bogus" project
> in the launch config as noted in your report -- whether you
> see this feature as fulfilling the requirement or not is up to you. :)
>
> -- Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ext Marc Khouzam
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 12:42 PM
> To: 'CDT General developers list.'
> Subject: [cdt-dev] Debugging without a project
>
> Hi,
>
> I think a great feature for CDT debugging is to allow a user
> to debug any application, not just the ones that were built in
> Eclipse.
>
> We currently support this, but not nicely, as we still require
> a bogus project to be used. As part of http://bugs.eclipse.org/343861
> I will be removing the requirement to specify a project by simply
> allowing the project box of the launch to remain empty (as long
> as the binary selected uses an absolute path).
>
> Users will then be able to simply input a binary on their system
> and start debugging right away. In fact, a user could use CDT
> to debug without ever creating a project.
>
> If anyone thinks of a reason this would be bad, please let me know.
>
> Thanks
>
> Marc
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