[lazarus] Debug server available.
Mattias Gaertner
nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de
Fri Jan 3 10:52:47 EST 2003
On Fri, 3 Jan 2003 17:02:13 +0100 (CET)
Michael.VanCanneyt at wisa.be wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 16:17:43 +0100 (CET)
> > Michael.VanCanneyt at wisa.be wrote:
> >
> > > [...]
> > > The debug server catches the messages sent by the dbugintf unit, and
> > > displays them in a nice way.
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > I made such a debugserver for the kylix book I co-authored, and now
> > > I've implemented and extended it for use with Free Pascal.
> > >
> > > There are 2 versions:
> > > - Console or system log.
> > > - GTK version (currently uses fpgtk)
> > > Displays all messages nicely in a list, as the original 'gdebug'
> > > program.(there are various options which can be set)
> > >
> > > Currently, it works on Linux, and it can use a unix domain socket,
> > > or a TCP/IP socket. (so you can log to a debugserver on a separate
> > > host)
> > >
> > > [...]
> > > Question to the Lazarus team:
> > > Currently, there are 2 server front-ends available:
> > > - console (also can use linux system log)
> > > - GTK (uses a thin GTK OOP wrapper: fpgtk)
> > > The server mechanism is available in a separate unit, so it is easy to
> > > write a new server which handles the messages differently.
> > >
> > > I think it would be a nice idea if someone would look at the GTK
> > > interface(it is really small) and produce a Lazarus interface. The
> > > GUI code is written in such a way that you will have almost no changes
> > > to do.
> > >
> > > I think it would even be possible to include the debug server in the
> > > lazarus IDE itself, if properly coded.
> > >
> > > A win32 version is in the works, I still need to port the ssockets
> > > code to windows. AFter that it should work with just a recompile.
> > >
> > > Comments, suggestions etc. always welcome.
> >
> > :)
> > I think, a remote logger is a very useful tool and a frontend should be
> > added to the IDE. It should be easy to implement, if the server is not
> > polling.
>
> It is polling, but that shouldn't matter. Look at the GTK frontend I
> wrote, there should be no problem implementing it for Lazarus.
>
> > Currently I'm busy, so I can't say when I will do it. Any help is
> > welcome.
> >
> > Michael, can you adapt it for fpc 1.1?
>
> It should work with 1.1 as well as 1.0, since it only uses FCL and some
> packages.
And unit 'Linux'.
Mattias
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