[lazarus] Debug server available.

[Michael.VanCanneyt at Wisa.be]

On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Mattias Gaertner wrote:

> 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'.

This can be changed easily, but currently a lot of changes are done in the
Unix/Linux RTL, and I prefer to wait with changing this, but normally,
the linux unit should work with 1.1 as well ?

Michael