[Lazarus] debugging with console output [Re: invisible break points??]

[Martin]

On 14/01/2011 13:37, Michael Schnell wrote:
> On 01/13/2011 08:50 PM, Martin wrote:
>> in rev 29002 a very basic solution has been applied.
>>
>> In the debugger option you can specify a tty (for in and output of 
>> your app)
>> Default is /dev/null, and /dev/null is also used if the config 
>> doesn't exist (or isn't a tty)
>>
>> I am aware that isn't very comfortable. It is only a first step....
>
> Great !
>
> I see that here (Suse) tty1, tty2, tty3, tty4, tty5, and tty6 are 
> attached to the consoles I can switch to by alt-shift-F1, 
> alt-shift-F2, alt-shift-F3, alt-shift-F4, alt-shift-F5, and alt-shift-F6,
>
> I suppose I can as well open a Terminal in the GUI and it will be 
> connected with a /dev/tty?? interface. How to find out which is used 
> by a Terminal Window to make use of it in the debugger ?
Afaik type "tty" as command, and it will print what it is.

If you open a terminal for this, as very first thing on startup, you 
propably always get the same. There may also be a way, to force a new 
terminal to use a specific tty, but i do not know....