[Lazarus] debug hints in lazarus [Re: [fpc-devel] Status and ideas about debug info (stabs, dwarf / dwar3)]

[Martin]

On 13/09/2011 22:28, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>> better than with Delphi. That's because when you're debugging on Delphi,
>> the IDE is scaled down to the feature-level of Notepad.
> Normal code navigation (Ctrl+Click) in Delphi 7 [only Delphi I
> currently have available] is indeed disabled while debugging, but that
> was substituted for another debug function. Ctrl+Click while in
> debugging mode allows you to quickly view the debug data, data type
> etc., and _allow you to modify_ the value if needed. Something which
> is quite handy while debugging - so I can understand why they altered
> the IDE behaviour while debugging.
And there was no other key shortcut they could have used?

>
> Can one change values of items while debugging in Lazarus? I can't
> seem to find any such functionality in Lazarus 0.9.30.1 (I'll check
> trunk tomorrow at work). I know GDB (command line) and MSEide allows
> this, so it should be possible in Lazarus IDE.
>

Ctrl-F7
or context menu: Debug => evaluate

look at the bottom of the window, for giving it a new value.


And for another way to see an entire object (only trunk) alt-f5 (or inspect)